In the New Testament, Junia, Pricilla, Phoebe, and Mary Magdalene were four females with leadership roles in the Jesus movement. These females were deaconesses, evangelists, educators, or preachers. The New Testament provides insight into the debate of female leadership and ordination during the early church movement; a debate that continues now. Certain Christian denominations today permit female ordination, while other denominations stand firm against female pastors; both use the New Testament to support their stance. When compared to the denominations that do ordain females, denominations that prohibit female ordination lack a fully developed theological foundation for their positions and ignore Scripture supporting female leadership and
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Although he is more progressive, he refuses to budge on the Catholic Church’s stance on female ordination. Earlier this year, Pope Francis announced a committee was looking potentially allowing female deaconesses, which heightened the interest of female ordination. In November, a reporter asked Francis about the possibility of female priests in the coming decades. In response, Francis said, “on the ordination of women in the Catholic Church, the final word is clear, it was said by St. John Paul II and this remains.” This statement prompted the reporter to ask the question, “Never ever?” Francis reiterated, “If we read well the declaration made by St. John Paul II, it goes along this line, yes.” With this statement, Francis nailed another nail into the coffin on the possibility for female ordination in the Catholic Church.
The conversation about female ordination began long before 2016, and this was not the first time Pope Francis made statements prohibiting female ordination. Last year a reporter asked Francis about the possibility of female ordination. Again, Francis was clear on the Church’s
Although he is more progressive, he refuses to budge on the Catholic Church’s stance on female ordination. Earlier this year, Pope Francis announced a committee was looking potentially allowing female deaconesses, which heightened the interest of female ordination. In November, a reporter asked Francis about the possibility of female priests in the coming decades. In response, Francis said, “on the ordination of women in the Catholic Church, the final word is clear, it was said by St. John Paul II and this remains.” This statement prompted the reporter to ask the question, “Never ever?” Francis reiterated, “If we read well the declaration made by St. John Paul II, it goes along this line, yes.” With this statement, Francis nailed another nail into the coffin on the possibility for female ordination in the Catholic Church.
The conversation about female ordination began long before 2016, and this was not the first time Pope Francis made statements prohibiting female ordination. Last year a reporter asked Francis about the possibility of female ordination. Again, Francis was clear on the Church’s