The Ordination of Women


Inter Insignores (1976) Declaration on the question of the admission of women to the ministerial priesthood Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
On Reserving the Priesthood to Men Alone Pope John Paul II
Responsum Ad Propositum Dubium Concerning the Teaching Contained in "Ordinatio Sacerdotalis" Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Concerning the CDF Reply Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger



Articles from the Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research
Women Bishops? Views in the Roman Catholic Church, Official and Otherwise John Wijngaards
Women leaders and the Catholic Church? John Wijngaards
Order of Creation/Order of Redemption: The Ordination of Women in the Orthodox Church Michael Azkoul
Will Women Ever Govern the Roman Catholic Church? John Wijngaards
We Are Church--A Kingdom of Priests Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza
Catholic Women Ordained Priests - alternatives Marcel Vincent OP
The Ordination of Women: Seeking a New Approach Mary Grey
The Scriptural Argument in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis Reimund Bieringer
Women's Ordination: Barriers and Boundaries Marie Louise Uhr
We Will Pour Our Ointment on the Feet of the Church Aruna Gnanadason
Pondering the Issue of Women's Ordination in the Roman Catholic Church: Some Factors To Consider Janette Cranshaw
The Ordination of Women: A Test Case for Conciliarity Angela Berlis
Meals of the Community Suzanne Tunc
"Who May Dwell Within your Tent?" Commission on Woman and the Church of the Belgian Bishops' Conference
The Exclusion of Women from the Priesthood according to Thomas Aquinas Umberto Eco
Human Rights in the Church: A Non-Right for Women in the Church? Marie-Therese Van Lunen Chenu
The Ordination Of Women: A Living Tradition Dr. Dorothea McEwan
How Binding? Klaus Nientiedt
Mary, the Virgin Priest? Dr. Tina Beattie
Secret Priests Joseph Dunn
Women's Ordination and Infallibility Hans Kung
Is the Ordination of Women an Ecumenical Problem? Professor Dr. Anne Jensen
The Representation of Christ, Ecclesiastical Office, and Presiding at the Eucharist Professor Dr. Anne Jensen
The Forbidden Subject: The Ordination of Women Jeanne Pieper
The Ordination of Women: To Nurture Tradition by Continuing Inculturation Kari Elisabeth Borresen
"The twelve apostles were men - -" Ida Raming
Priesthood, Precedent and Prejudice: On Recovering the Women Priests of Early ChristianityMary Ann Rossi
The Problem of the Ordination of Women in the Early Christian Priesthood Professor Giorgio Otranto
The Non-ordination of Women: Tradition or Simply an Historical Fact? Herve Legrand
Richard Hooker and the Ordination of Women to the Priesthood Stephen Sykes
The Injustice of Not Ordaining Women: A Problem for Medieval Theologians John Hilary Martin, O.P.
The Question of Women Priests and the argument in Persona Christi Eric Doyle OFM
The Ordination of Women in the Roman Catholic Church Eric Doyle, OFM
'Equal But Other' and the Ordination of Women Ida Raming
Women and Priestly Ministry: The New Testament Evidence Elisabeth M Tetlow
Yes to Women Priests Hugh Montefiore, ed.
Women and Priesthood: Future Directions Carroll Stuhlmueller, C.P., ed.
Man, Woman, and Priesthood Peter Moore, SPCK, ed.
New Woman, New Church, New Priestly Ministry Second Conference on the Ordination of Roman Catholic Women
Women Priests: A Catholic Commentary on the Vatican Declaration Leonard Swidler and Arlene Swidler
Sexism and Church Law: Equal Rights and Affirmative Action James A. Coriden, ed.
Towards a New Theology of Ordination: Essays on the Ordination of Women Marianne H. Micks and Charles P. Price, eds.
Women Priests? Yes - Now! Canon Harold Wilson, ed.
The Ordination of Women: Pro and Con Michael P. Hamilton and Nancy S. Montgomery, eds.
Can Women be Priests? Paul Lakeland
To Be a Priest: Perspectives on Vocation and Ordination Robert E. Terwilliger and Urban T. Holmes, eds.
Women and Orders Robert J. Heyer, ed.
Women Priests in the Catholic Church? A Theological-Historical Investigation Haye van der Meer
Women in Ordained Ministry: A Sociologist Raises a Question Marie Augusta Neal
The Question of Women and the Priesthood: Can Women Be Admitted to Holy Orders? Sister Vincent Emmanuel Hannon
Equality of Women: The New Testament Robert J. Willis, Ph.D.
Women's Ordination
Last Testament Msgr. John J. Egan
Different Voices /Different Choices: Feminist Perspectives on Ministry Mary E. Hunt

Articles in Theological Studies, a quarterly journal of theology published by the Jesuits of the United States and Canada
The Liturgical Functions of Consecrated Women in the Byzantine Church Valerie A. Karras
The Ordination of Women in the Early Middle Ages Gary Macy
Patristic Testimony on Women's Ordination in 'Inter Insigniores.' John H. Wright
In Persona Christi: Towards a Second Naivete Dennis Michael Ferrara
A Scotistic Aside to the Ordination-of-Women Debate Thomas A. Shannon
"In Persona Christi" Sara Butler
The Ordination of Women: Tradition and Meaning Dennis Michael Ferrara
The Injustice of Not Ordaining Women: A Problem for Medieval Theologians John Hilary Martin
Conclusions regarding the Female Diaconate Peter Hunermann
The Injustice of Not Ordaining Women: A Problem for Medieval Theologians John Hilary Martin

Articles in National Catholic Reporter
Tradition and the Ordination of Women Task Force document endorsed by the Catholic Theological Society of America
Priests Retain Right to Debate, Promote Women's Ordination
Ban on Women Priests Is Shaky Conclusion: Noted Theologian Sees Scholarly Flaws Peter Hebblethwaite
Polls: Catholics Would Like to See Women Priests
Some Welcome Letter as 'Unchangeable Forever' Robin T. Edwards
Women React in Anger and Pain: Pope's Statement Called 'Arrogant, Patronizing' Arthur Jones
Slav Pope Gripped by Messianic Mission: He Sees Self Spared to Teach Values to West Peter Hebblethwaite
Rome Has Spoken, and the People Are Steamed National Catholic Reporter
Anglicans Fleeing Women Priests Will Have to Jump through Hoops - Male Church of England Priestly Conversions to Catholicism Peter Hebblethwaite
Its Principles Will Stand, but the Church Shall Change Morris L. West

Articles in Tyndale Bulletin, the journal of Tyndale House, Cambridge, a UK-based research institute
Clergywomen and the Future Martha Long Ice
Women's Ordination and the Leadership of the Church Carol J. Mork
Clergywomen and the Future Martha Long Ice
Women's Ordination and the Leadership of the Church Carol J. Mork

Articles from other sources
Is Our Institutional Church Unjust? Emmy Silvius
Women's Ordination and Other Crimes of Passion Andrew Hamilton
Is the Roman Catholic Prohibition of Female Priests Sexist? Michael J. Maher, Linda M. Sever, Shaun Pichler
Women Bishops: A Response to Cardinal Kasper Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham, and David Stancliffe, Bishop of Salisbury
Infallibility and the Ordination of Women Richard R. Gaillardetz
Women and the Priesthood: A Theological Reflection Jean Galot, S.J.
"Can Women Become Priests?": A Catholic Feminist Perspective Susan A. Ross
Justice and Gender in Ministry: Debating Women's Ordination Maura A. Ryan
Women Priests? A Marian Church in a Fatherless and Motherless Culture Hans Urs von Balthasar
The Ordination of Women Mary F. Rousseau
Eve at Ephesus (Should women be ordained as pastors according to the First Letter to Timothy 2:11-15?) Aida Dina Besancon Spencer
Searching the Scriptures: Women's Ordination and the Call to Biblical Fidelity Seventh Day Adventist perspective
Ordination of Women--Authority and Practicality Annick M. Brennen, a Seventh Day Adventist
Women in the Clergy: priests, pastors, ministers, rabbis Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1992 General Synod of the Church of England
Concerning Women's Ordination - a letter to an episcopal friend Rt. Rev. Alexander Schmemann, S.T.D., LL.D, D.D.
A Biblical and Theological Basis for Women in Ministry Evangelical Covenant Church

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