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NotWorthy
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Did the Apostles have divine authority to only ordain men, then? In other words, when did this “male dominance” begin in the Catholic Church?
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Mintaka
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Moving right along…
In point of fact, St. Paul was seen in the early Church as being very pro-woman. That’s why he was used as such a pro-woman character in the Acts of Paul and Thecla. (A sort of early Christian historical novel/bio of St. Thecla, an early Christian lady who lived to a great age and inspired a lot of people. People at the time differed over whether it was meant as a fraud to make the local saint more famous, or was just for art. Anyway, full of weird stuff but very fun as a read.) (Also, people back then mainly thought of St Paul as a mystic. It’s pretty funny sometimes to see these shifts in attitudes. Probably St. Paul wasn’t stern at all, compared with certain other male religious leaders.)
In point of fact, St. Paul was seen in the early Church as being very pro-woman. That’s why he was used as such a pro-woman character in the Acts of Paul and Thecla. (A sort of early Christian historical novel/bio of St. Thecla, an early Christian lady who lived to a great age and inspired a lot of people. People at the time differed over whether it was meant as a fraud to make the local saint more famous, or was just for art. Anyway, full of weird stuff but very fun as a read.) (Also, people back then mainly thought of St Paul as a mystic. It’s pretty funny sometimes to see these shifts in attitudes. Probably St. Paul wasn’t stern at all, compared with certain other male religious leaders.)
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