Christianity's Early Period

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In Christianity's early period, Christian people would meet in individuals' homes, due to Christianity not being legal under Roman rule. In these Christian communities, often owned the 'house churches' where congregations gathered to worship. Such homes were the domain of women while assuming key positions and roles. After, Christianity starts to disregard women as you have the improvement in the hierarchy of the church. For instance, bishops, priests, and deacons, however, it was established that women could not to be either ministers or

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