ca 1500 – 1900
The post-medieval theologians either ignored the question of women priests (as an issue they considered settled for good) or indulged in rabid misogyny. See the synopsis on how post-medieval theologians judged women.
| Date of publication | Name/author | description |
| 1486 | H.Kramer and J.Sprenger | ‘The Hammer of Witches’ |
| 1500 – 1800 | Survey of authors involved in the so-called “Women’s Quarrel” | Books and booklets for and against women |
| 1558 | John Knox | Calvinist theologian |
| 1586-1593 | Robert Bellarmine | Catholic theologian As Prefect of the Holy Office he condemned Galileo Galilei |
| 1616 | Cornelius a Lapide | Scripture scholar |
| 1618 | Anonymous | On ‘Whether Women are Human Beings?!’ – debate between a Benedictine and a Jesuit |