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itsjustdave1988
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Greg,
Sorry, but I don’t see the supposed evidence you are seeing. My priest today can certainly call our female music liturgical director, a “fellow worker in Christ” without implying that she had a ministerial role equivalent to his as an ordained priest. Yes, women in NT times had ministerial roles, just as they do today. But they were distinct from that of men. I suggest you compare your exegesis of St. Paul’s passage in Romans to his other passages regarding the role of women in the Church (cf. 1 Tim 2:12).
Sorry, but I don’t see the supposed evidence you are seeing. My priest today can certainly call our female music liturgical director, a “fellow worker in Christ” without implying that she had a ministerial role equivalent to his as an ordained priest. Yes, women in NT times had ministerial roles, just as they do today. But they were distinct from that of men. I suggest you compare your exegesis of St. Paul’s passage in Romans to his other passages regarding the role of women in the Church (cf. 1 Tim 2:12).