Why can't women be deacons in the church?

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pnewton said:
He said women are to be silent in the Church. Yet it is understood that this discipline can and has been changed. Likewise women can teach, as many lay ministries from women have their ministry approved. Two disciplines can’t be added together to make some doctrine.
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A woman cannot preach or teach at Mass. A lay ministry is different since participation in them is voluntary.
 
So what does it mean being silent and not teaching men? What do you know about this? Just a question not trying to sound like a know it all.
 
Theotokos was not a Deaconess. St. Tatiana was. The discussion about Deaconesses now gone is legitimate but is without fund in case of Theotokos. She was not part of the Last Supper. She is a special case.
Women are free to seek becoming Deaconesses but we cannot compare our position to that of Theotokos.
 
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tafan2 said:
Yes, in extreme circumstances anyone can baptize and the Church can designate lay people to perform weddings, but there are reasons why it is not the norm.
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All such things are disciplinary. That is why I say there is no theological necessity to have the ordained perform theses functions, as there is not theological necessity to allow ordained only to give a homily. There are reasons, but no defined doctrine on this. If the Church ever decided to allow a ministry of deaconess, non-ordained, then the preparation for whatever role they played could be addressed in formation.

I have no stake in these decisions. I just do not like the doom and gloom that some change will somehow invalidate the Pope or contradict doctrine when it would not.
 
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