The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church - Couverture souple

Wijngaards, John N. M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0232524203 ISBN 13 : 9780232524208

Editeur : Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd, 2001

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

John Wijngaards may be the only Roman Catholic priest to have resigned from the priesthood because of the church's refusal to ordain women. A biblical scholar and a popular spiritual writer, he's long been a supporter of women's ordination. He wrote a book championing it in 1977 and the following year he attended the National Women's Ordination Conference in Baltimore, one of the few men to do so. In 1998 he resigned from the priesthood to devote himself full time to the campaign for women's ordination. This book is the result.In this engaging and informative book, the author shows how the church's anti-woman tradition is a veritable cuckoo's egg--a spurious import from Greek philosophy that destroys all contrary evidence from scripture and tradition (for instance, the fact that for many centuries women were ordained deacons). Offering a rigorous examination of Rome's arguments, the book includes extracts from key materials and supplies website links to comprehensive documentation, making this the most complete and authoritative resource on the issue.

Biographie de l'auteur :

John Wijngaards was ordained in 1959 and received a licentiate of Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute and a doctorate in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. A missionary in India from 1963 to 1976, he was vicar general of the Mill Hill Missionaries from 1976 to 1982. Since 1982 he's been a lecturer at the Missionary Institute, London, and director of Housetop International Centre for Faith Formation. He is the author of numerous books of popular theology.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0232524203
• ISBN 13: 9780232524208
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 212