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When Jesus chose only men among the Twelve, he did NOT establish a permanent norm to exclude women from ordained ministries
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‘The Scriptural Argument in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis’, R. Bieringer, Bijdragen 62 (2001) pp. 129 - 142;
“The twelve apostles were men - -”, I. Raming, Orientierung 56 (1992) pp. 143-146.
‘Did Christ conform to social myth?’, J. Wijngaards, DCROWP 1986, pp. 36-46.
‘The Ministry of Women according to the New Testament’, E. M. Tetlow, WMNT 1980, ch. 3.
‘The Role of Women According to Jesus and the Early Church’, R. J. Karris, WPFD 1978, pp. 47-57.
‘The Biblical Evidence’, Ch. Evans, YWP 1978, pp. 16-29.
‘The Twelve’, E. Schüssler Fiorenza, WP 1977, pp. 114-121.
‘Did Jesus Exclude Women from Priesthood?’, S. M. Schneiders, WP 1977, pp.227-233.
‘Pro and Con: The Ordination of Women in the New Testament’, R. H. Fuller, TNTO 1976, pp. 1-11.
‘Christ, Revelation, and the Ordination of Women’, A. A. Vogel, TNTO 1976, pp. 42-51.
‘The Authority of Scripture’, P. Lakeland, CWBP 1975, pp. 31-46.
‘Women and Ministry’, E. Carroll, Theological Studies 36 (1975) pp. 660 - 687.
‘Holy Scripture’, H. van der Meer, WPCC 1973, pp. 10-45.

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