From at least the 3rd to the 9th centuries women were sacramentally ordained as deacons in the Catholic Church! This proves that they are capable of receiving Holy Orders.
| Main Topics | Supporting Documents |
| General Introduction to Women Deacons | New book by John Wijngaards: No Women in Holy Orders? The Ancient Women Deacons Canterbury Press 2002. |
| 1. The Sacramental Ordination of Women
Deacons Differences discussed Opponents answered original Greek from manuscripts dramatizations of the ancient ordination rite |
Texts of ordination rites from: |
| 2. The Tasks of Women Deacons | |
| 3. Church Councils on Women Deacons | Women Deacons in the Orthodox Church |
| 4. History of Women Deacons | |
| * Women
were Deacons by John Wijngaards The Tablet 8 May 1999 * The diaconate - a ministry for women in the Church, by Ida Raming, Orientierung 62 (1998) pp. 8-11 * Women Deacons: Goodwill Gestures, The Catholic Herald, August 19, 1990, page 5; by Moya Frenz St Leger |
Letters to the
Editor of The Tablet A Call I Cannot Answer, The Tablet (29 June 1991), by Moya Frenz St Leger Debate in the Irish Times, 2001 |
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An analysis of this ordination rite shows that the ordination of the woman deacon is the same as that for the male deacon, and undoubtedly sacramental.
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