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unusual facts about ordination of women



Bishop of Ebbsfleet

The position was created in 1994 and licensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury as a "flying bishop" to provide episcopal oversight for parishes throughout the province which do not accept the sacramental ministry of bishops who have participated in the ordination of women.

Bishop of Richborough

The position was created in 1995 and licensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury as a "flying bishop" to provide episcopal oversight for parishes throughout the province which cannot in good conscience accept the sacramental ministry of bishops who have participated in the ordination of women.

Elizabeth Platz

The ordination of women, approved earlier that year by both the LCA and The American Lutheran Church (ALC) was controversial.

Stein Reinertsen

He was in his early career opposed to ordination of women to priesthood, but changed his view as a result of further studies of bible texts and conversations with former bishop Odd Bondevik.

Student Christian Movement of Canada

Since its founding, SCM Canada has taken stands on pressing social issues of its time, including support for the ordination of women, opposing internment of Japanese-Canadians during World War II; anti-war activities since the 1960s; and facing controversy for its solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-identified Christians.


see also

Christian egalitarianism

Paul King Jewett, author of Man as Male and Female (1975) and The Ordination of Women (1980)

Diocese of Rochester

Since 1994 the Bishop of Fulham (currently The Right Reverend Jonathan Baker, since 2013) has provided 'alternative episcopal oversight' in the diocese (along with London and Southwark) to those parishes which cannot in conscience accept the sacramental ministry of bishops who have participated in the ordination of women.

Naamah Kelman

Kelman was born in New York City, the daughter of Rabbi Wolfe Kelman, a leader in the Conservative Judaism movement who had served nearly four decades as executive vice president of its Rabbinical Assembly, where he led efforts to professionalize the rabbinate and to prepare the steps for the ordination of women in the Conservative movement.

Ordination

In response to the growing call for the ordination of women, Pope John Paul II issued the statement Ordinatio Sacerdotalis in 1995.