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Jun 7, 2021 · June 7, 2021. Now it is formally illegal to ordain a woman as a deacon. Or as a priest. Or as a bishop. On June 1, Pope Francis promulgated revisions to the Code of Canon Law detailing crimes...
Aug 8, 2008 · During its early years, Christianity taught a spiritual unity that at least potentially mitigated the harshness of Roman law, in which women were considered non-citizens with no legal rights.
Apr 11, 2024 · In the SBC’s 2022 annual meeting, Michael Law, a pastor at Arlington Baptist Church in Virginia, proposed a motion that the convention amend its constitution to read, “does not affirm . . . a woman as pastor of any kind.” The motion was referred to the SBC Executive Committee.
Aug 10, 2018 · The allowance of denominations to discriminate against ordaining women and LGBT persons to clergy is based in an inerrant or timeless and literal interpretation of texts in the Bible.
- National Center For Institutional Diversity
Mar 2, 2020 · Laws underpinned by religious conviction that discriminate against women and the LGBT+ community should be repealed, and gender-based violence carried out in the name of religion by...
Jun 10, 2021 · In the various inquiries into the question of abuse in the Catholic Church, the role, wording and function of canon law have been held to particular scrutiny, which has led to several...
Aug 10, 2021 · “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the Law. And if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church” (1 Corinthians 14:34-35).
