Deaconesses, the ordination of women and Orthodox theology / edited by Petros Vassiliadis, Niki Papageorgiou and Eleni Kasselouri-Hatzivassiliadi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vassiliadis, Petros, editor.

Papageorgiou, Niki, editor.

Kasselourē-Chatzēvasileiadē, Helenē V., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in the Orthodox Eastern Church--Congresses.

Women in the Orthodox Eastern Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (610 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

This collection of essays highlights the thorny and divisive issue of the admission of women into the sacramental diaconal priesthood of the Christian Church from the Orthodox theological perspective. The contributions here stem from scientific papers presented at an international conference titled "Deaconesses, Ordination of Women and Orthodox Theology", organized in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2015 by the Center of Ecumenical, Missiological and Environmental Studies (CEMES). They cover almost all the fields of biblical, liturgical, patristic, systematic, canonical, and historical theology. The volume's main focus is the ancient order of deaconesses, in connection with the overall issue of the ordination of women. Although most papers address the issues from an Orthodox perspective, their sober analysis can provide theological argumentation for the wider Christian community, both the Churches and Christian denominations that exclude women from the sacramental priesthood, and those that have already adopted their ordination.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Patriarchal Message

Introduction

Part I: The Messages

Message by the Dean of the School of Theology of AUTH

Message by the Former Dean of Holy Cross, Greek Orthodox School of Theology

Message by the President of the Department of Theology of the University of Athens

Message by the President of the Department of Theology of AUTH

Message by the President of the Department of Social Theology of the University of Athens

Part II: Special Session to Honor Prof. Emeritus Evangelos Theodorou

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty One

Chapter Twenty Two

Chapter Twenty Three

Chapter Twenty Four

Chapter Twenty Five

Chapter Twenty Six

Chapter Twenty Seven

Chapter Twenty Eight

Chapter Twenty Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty One

Chapter Thirty Two

Chapter Thirty Three

Chapter Thirty Four

Chapter Thirty Five

Chapter Thirty Six

Chapter Thirty Seven

Chapter Thirty Eight

Chapter Thirty Nine

Chapter Forty

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5275-1197-9

OCLC:

1048924700