Woman Apologists?

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The many women who are theologians, teachers, speakers prove this wrong.
 
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Some people wanted to stop Mother Angelica from Teaching the Catholic faith.
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Well, they didn’t want to stop her because she was a woman. They wanted to stop her because she was an orthodox Catholic.
 
That Scripture passage has nothing to do with apologetics.

Women most certainly can engage in apologetics.

1 Peter 3:15 specifically teaches us to be able to give a reasoned response when people ask about your Christian hope (belief, faith, practice).

Listen to Peter and not some online naysayers.

It would be nice to have more women involved in this valuable ministry. Women are often more approachable to potential converts. They also put people at ease quicker, and are more empathic.

God bless you, daughter of The Most High God,
Deacon Christopher
 
I am talking about outside Mass.

I always thought apologetics is different from preaching/teaching? I ask because I often see people talking about these as synonymous.
 

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hbri39 said:
Why did you copy what I said?
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This is a brand new account, doing this (copying other posters’ comments) on multiple threads. Seems like maybe some kind of weird bot, maybe? Although I can’t fathom what the reason would be. Maybe it’s written to automatically create a semi-plausible posting history.
 
oh ok lol I was confused, I thought they were trying to mock me or something haha.
 
I also reported the account. The moderators must have agreed, because the account is now gone. Back to our regularly scheduled programming…
 
First Corinthians represents Paul‘s attempt to reconcile rather than aggravate factions within the church in Corinth. 1 Corinthians 14:34-36 must be interpreted in light of the reconciliation Paul tried to effect, and any interpretation of these verses has to consider the overall conciliatory tone of the entire epistle.
 
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In the Extraordinary Form the issue doesn’t arise as the Priest reads both passages and does the sermon.
 
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St Catherine of Alexandria is a good example of an early Christian apologist.
 
St Thecla, “equal to the apostles” and the first martyr among women, Is an even better example. Not that she is better than St Catherine, but that she was earlier and prominent throughout the early Church.
 
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Well, they didn’t want to stop her because she was a woman. They wanted to stop her because she was an orthodox Catholic.
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The fact that she was a female sister occasionally clashing with male bishops was a factor, I’m sure
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Many that were attacking Mother Angelica were favoring women for the ordained priesthood. Whereas she was adamant in supporting what has become an infallibly defined position in the church by Saint John Paul the 2nd that the ordained priesthood is for males only. We cannot paint everyone with the same brush , but for the most part I believe. phil19034 is spot on.

Cf. Denver’s Station’s of the Cross if you know that context.
John
 
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Why not both? Because she’s a woman and because of the things she’s saying?

That’s probably the more realistic view tbh. It’s not far fetched to assume people of that time viewed certain groups in a certain way, given that people of that time viewed certain groups in a certain way 🙂
 
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Dolphin said:
I’m sure Mother Theresa and Therese of Lisieux want to say a thing or two about how women can’t be apologists…
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I have a sneaking suspicion that Mother Theresa and Therese of Lisieux did not know they were aoplogists, and the idea that there was such a position or a title would make them laugh.
If you want to be an apologist, go right ahead. It is the duty of every Christian (or it was until recently) to explain the faith to others. The job doesn’t come with a title and a salary.
If, on the other hand, you are looking for the job and the title, then perhaps you are not the best qualitied for the mission.
 
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