The Ordination of Women in the Orthodox Church

by Elisabeth Behr-Sigel and Kallistos Ware

The whole question of the place of women in the church, their sharing in responsibilities and the exercise of authority within it -- which implies access to the ordained ministry -- represents one of the major challenges posed for the traditional Christian churches by the modern Western world. Initially the Orthodox churches maintained that this challenge did not concern them, but gradually they have come to take it to heart. After outlining the historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2825413364
• ISBN13: 9782825413364
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: World Council of Churches
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.