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Feb 6, 2014 · Canonically, if any woman wanted to be ordained a deacon today, the law is perfectly clear: canon 1024 states that only a baptized male can validly receive the sacrament of ordination. The wording of the canon indicates that this exclusion of women pertains to ordination to the diaconate as well as to the priesthood.
Every woman to be admitted to the order of deaconesses shall be at least 23 years of age, unless she have a faculty from the Archbishop of Canterbury, shall be baptized and confirmed, and shall satisfy the bishop that she is a regular communicant of the Church of England.
Jul 18, 2024 · It appears she is to be “ordained”, but her functions are still vague. There is some danger that in distant areas of our communion, as in China, she may be given a position which she never possessed in primitive times, for she was never reckoned in the hierarchy.
Oct 15, 2021 · In particular, does the fact that the ordination of deaconesses ceased sometime in the past indicate a decision by the Church which is irreformable, so that women can no longer be ordained deaconesses?
- The Word in The New Testament
- Women Deacons in The New Testament
- Women Deacons in The Early Church
- Demise of The Female Diaconate
- Conclusion
The word deaconess is the feminine counterpart of the male deacon. Both words come from the Greek verb diakone (to serve, to assist, to minister). In Matthew 8:15, Luke 10:40, and Acts 6:2, the authors used the verb diakone in connection with serving food and other aspects of ministry. For example, Jesus coming to minister or serve (Matt. 20:28); P...
Phoebe. Paul, in Romans 16:1, 2, called Phoebe a diakonos of the church of Cenchraea. Besides this brief statement, we know nothing about Phoebe, except that she was a benefactor of Paul and others, and that Paul commended her to the church in Rome. That she was a benefactor or patroness (prostatis) suggests a woman of wealth and position. In the f...
During the early centuries, women deacons and widows were recognized church leaders. We will examine evidence for the existence, tasks, and ordination of women in the diaconate6and then point to reasons for the demise of the female diaconate. The existence of deaconesses. Somewhere between A.D. 111 and 113, Pliny the Younger, governor of Bithynia, ...
While deaconesses appear in the Eastern Church until the twelfth or thirteenth century, in the West their end came much earlier. British monk Pelagius (c. 420) wrote that the female diaconate was an institution fallen into disuse in the West, though remaining in the East.21 The Synod of Nimes (396) pointed out that the problem with deaconesses was ...
The existence and ordination of deaconesses in the early church is evident. Their tasks—assisting at the baptism of women, teaching, and caring for people— are also clear. Yet, they disappeared. Three factors seem to have contributed to the demise of the female diaconate. First, infant baptism replaced adult baptism, making the assistance of a fema...
Sep 1, 2014 · If women cannot be priests, the only remaining foothold to being an “ordained cleric” in the Church is the diaconate. Further, only clerics can exercise “governance” in the Church (see Code of Canon Law, can. 274; cf. Lumen Gentium 21).
May 13, 2016 · How could there be female deacons if only a male can be validly ordained? The term deaconess was being used in a different way than to refer to the diaconal grade of ordained ministry. Thus the canons of the First Council of Nicaea (A.D. 325) refer to deaconesses who have not been ordained:
