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Ordination:
>> A Male-Only Priesthood? <<

To the modern ear, the suggestion of a male-only priesthood seems bizarre and outlandish.  But modernism has produced many problems, and the blurring of gender roles is one of the most serious of those.  Below is a discussion on the issues.

See also the Worldview Library for more on gender distinctions and their theological basis. 
 

**Psychology, Salvation, and the Ordination of Women - by Earle Fox -
contains a concise explanation of how we are made in the Image of God -- male and female, and the relation between "sex" and "gender".   For a fuller treatment, listen to the audio tape, Man and Woman in the Image of God, in the Shopping Mall 

The Biblical Vision regarding Women's Ordination - Rodney Whitaker  --  One of the best summaries of the issues available.  Goes through the various Biblical texts in detail --  excepting the Genesis account.  For the Genesis account, see above, Psychology, Salvation, & the Ordination of Women.

Priestesses in the Church - by C. S. Lewis

Rationality and Revelation: C. S. Lewis and Lambeth - by David C. Mills - from Mandate, July/August 1998.

The American Anglican Council (AAC) on Women's Ordination

Forward in Faith Library - FiF defends the male-only priesthood. 

Elizabeth Keaton -- her feminist theology of sexuality --

Louis Tarsitano - Scriptural References with Commentary -- St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Savannah, GA

Woman as Masterpiece of God's Creation --  Pope John Paul II, General Audience, November 24, 1999, Vatican City

Jennifer Ferrara, former Lutheran pastor, accepts Roman Catholic view of women's ordination

AMiA (Anglican Mission in America) - has affirmed the male priesthood. 

Radical Femininity - by Jean Zampino --  a superb article on the meaning of womanhood. 

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