Overview of Church Councils and Local Synods laying down rules regarding women

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Overview of ancient Church Councils and Local Synods laying down rules [=‘canons’] regarding women

 
	 Read the synopsis on how women were treated in
		the early Church Orders and Church Canons. 
	  
		 
		  Date 
		  Name 
		  description 
		 
		 
		  3rd cent.  
		  Didascalia
			 Apostolorum  
		  socalled ‘Church Order’ 
		 
		 
		  248 AD 
		  Canons of
			 Dionysius  
		  Archbishop of Alexandria 
		 
		 
		  324  
		  Council of
			 Nicea 
		  General Church Council 
		 
		 
		  325-381 
		  Local Council of
			 Gangra 
		  local synod 
		 
		 
		  363 
		  Synod of
			 Laodicea 
		  local synod 
		 
		 
		  329-379 
		  Canons of St.
			 Basil  
		  rules of local bishop 
		 
		 
		  ca. 400 AD 
		  Apostolic
			 Constitutions
 see here Book VIII 
		  ‘Church Order’ 
		 
		 
		  345 - 419 
		  Council of
			 Carthage  
		  local synod 
		 
		 
		  441 
		  Synod of
			 Orange 
		  local synod 
		 
		 
		  451 
		  Council of
			 Chacedon  
		  General Church Council 
		 
		 
		  485 
		  Statuta Ecclesiae
			 Antiqua 
		  ‘Church Order’ 
		
		
		  553
		  Second Synod of
			 Orléans
		  local synod
		 
		 
		  517 
		  Synod of
			 Epaon 
		  local synod 
		 
		 
		  588 
		  Synod of
			 Auxerre 
		  local synod 
		 
		 
		  650 
		  Synod of
			 Rouen 
		  local synod 
		 
		 
		  680 
		  Canons of Bishop
			 Timothy 
		  rules by Archbishop of Alexandria 
		 
		 
		  690 
		  Penitentiary of
			 Theodore 
		  rules by Archbishop of Canterbury 
		 
		 
		  692 
		  Council of
			 Trullo  
		  General Church Council 
		 
		 
		  787 
		  Council of Nicaea
			 II  
		  General Church Council 
		 
		 
		  821 
		  Capitulary of
			 Theodulf  
		  rules by Bishop of Orléans 
		 
		 
		    
		    
		    
		 
	 
 
 
    
	   
     
   
   

   
     
        
      
        
                  
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Date	Name	description
3rd cent.	Didascalia Apostolorum	socalled ‘Church Order’
248 AD	Canons of Dionysius	Archbishop of Alexandria
324	Council of Nicea	General Church Council
325-381	Local Council of Gangra	local synod
363	Synod of Laodicea	local synod
329-379	Canons of St. Basil	rules of local bishop
ca. 400 AD	Apostolic Constitutions see here Book VIII	‘Church Order’
345 - 419	Council of Carthage	local synod
441	Synod of Orange	local synod
451	Council of Chacedon	General Church Council
485	Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua	‘Church Order’
553	Second Synod of Orléans	local synod
517	Synod of Epaon	local synod
588	Synod of Auxerre	local synod
650	Synod of Rouen	local synod
680	Canons of Bishop Timothy	rules by Archbishop of Alexandria
690	Penitentiary of Theodore	rules by Archbishop of Canterbury
692	Council of Trullo	General Church Council
787	Council of Nicaea II	General Church Council
821	Capitulary of Theodulf	rules by Bishop of Orléans