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DEBATES ABOUT FEMALE ORDINATION: CHURCH OF ENGLAND - Coggle Diagram
DEBATES ABOUT FEMALE ORDINATION: CHURCH OF ENGLAND
THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN TO THE PRIESTHOOD
there has been a debate about the ordination of women in the Church of England since 1920
In 1944, Tim-Oi was ordained priest in china because there was an insufficient amount of men available who could serve the Anglicans there
as soon as the war ended she handed back her licence and returned to her role as a deaconess
but in 1971 when the synod of Hong Kong and Macao accepted the ordination of women, her status as preset was officially recognised
in the uk there were decades of debate but in 1994 the first ordination of women priests took place
it is thought hat by 2025 there will be as many women priests as male priests
again after much debate, the first Church of England bishop (Libby lane) was consecrated in 2015
to prevent the split in the COE over the issue of the ordination of women, special provision was made for those who could not accept oversight by female bishops of the ministry f female priests
christian communities can state that they will only have a male priest to serve in heir church
'flying bishops' have been appointed to exercise pastoral care for the churches the reject womens ordination
they administer conformation and ordain posits to serve in those churches
there has been an increase in the number of men seeking ordination under this system
some priests have felt unable to remain in the Church of England since 1994
many have received ordination on the catholic church
In 2011 the ordinate was set up to allow angel can preisstnwjo were married to become catholic preists
FOR ORDINATION OF WOMEN AS PREISTS/BISHOPS
2) Jesus' decision was a pragmatic one
had he chosen women, his mission would never have taken off
the choice of men were based of culture in that time
the ordination of women reflects he culture of todays society
3) the idea of equality requires an egalitarian interpretation
to refuse women ordination is to regard and treat hem as unequal
4) there are metaphors in the bible that compare god to a mother, but It would have led to the danger of syncretism with fertility religions for jews to refer ro god as mother
there is no longer this danger and mother Julian referred to god this way
5) gender should have nothing to do with he apostolic succession
there is no rason why the ordination of female bishops should break it
6) Biblical writers may have been guided/inspired by god, but god was working through fallible humans, who were also products of their culture
christians today should use nsihts of church leaders today and of psychology, as wells their own religious experience and the tools of biblical criticism to help them discern what are/are not universal truths in the bible
1) sometimes one branch of the universal church must do it alone in order to do what is right
in declaring the pope as infallible, he Catholic Church didnt consult with other christians
so in this case, the COE was justified in the action taken, without seeking the agreement of other christians
AGAINST ORDINATION OF WOMEN AS PREISTS/BISHOPS
1)The decision ;calks 'catholic consent'
it has been made without the consent of the universal church
2) Jesus challenged many social conventions of his day but chose only men as apostles and leaders of the church
religious change should not be dictated by culture
3) equality of status does not mean interchangeability- a complementation approach
4) as a 'father' in god, the bishop represents the fatherhood of god
the bible does not refer to gos as mother
ordaining women as bishops overturns the teaching of the bible
5) the ordination of women bishops threatens he apostolic succession and therefore the validity of many sacraments
6) the evangelical wing of the Church of England opposes he ordination of women on biblical grounds
texts such as 1 corinthians 14 and 1 Timothy 3 are to be obeyed as the infallible word of god