Sister Sara Butler's Article On The Orientation Of Women

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(1) The purpose of Sister Sara Butler’s article on the ordination of women is to highlight whether the ordination of women is still an issue within the Catholic Church (pp. 1). (2) Citing how the developments of the 1950’s effected how protestant sects of Christianity allowed for the ordination of women, Butler speaks towards reformation of sex bias within Christian religion as the primary reasons towards the debate on the candidacy of women for the priestly office (pp. 3-5). (3) To explain its position on gender equality, Butler explains that the Church argued against female subordination and in favour of gender complementarity as the primary reason for male priesthood (pp. 6-8). (4) However, using theological arguments Butler contends that

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