Why can't women receive Holy Orders?

[tpsandvik]

Werent there female deacons in the early church? why can’t women receive Holy orders?

 

[Devon_Caffran]

The following links should assist you in better understanding the Catholic Church’s teaching on whether women were deacons. If you have any further questions or concerns that are not answered by these links, please [contact Catholic Answers (http://www.catholic.com/home/contact.asp) directly.

**Recommended Reading:
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• Have women ever been allowed to be deacons?
• Why were women called deaconesses?
• Pope Benedict & Deaconesses [a debate]
• Can women become deacons?

The following links should assist you in better understanding why the Catholic Church cannot ordain women to the priesthood. If you have any further questions or concerns that are not answered by these links, please [contact Catholic Answers (http://www.catholic.com/home/contact.asp) directly.
**Recommended Reading:
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• Women and the Priesthood
• Why can’t women be priests?
• Why is there so much talk of women’s ordination?
• Why Can’t Women Be Priests? by Jason Evert