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been given at least? a national equal status within the communities. Of course one could ask if there were any practical applications of their new status, for example, in the liturgical context. 1 Cor: 11, seems to suggest that women were accorded the same roles in the public worship as men, although, at the same time, many controversial issues are raised regarding gender role.
‘I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I handed them onto you. But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the husband is the head of his wife, and God is the head of Christ. Any man who prays or prophesies with something on his head disgraces his head, but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled disgraces her head - it is one and the same thing as having her head shaved.’ 1 Cor: 2-5. (Indeed, the more one studies Paul, the more one realises just how much his own mind-set entered his writings regarding women; Paul never married, and really believed women should be subject to man.)
It would appear from the above that the Corinthian women had displeased Paul by exercising their ministries at community gatherings with their heads uncovered, but his emotive words concerning women’s head–dress should not be allowed to obscure the fact that women were exercising ministries, that is to say, they were active participants in that liturgical context.
It is very clear that women played a role in the ministry of the early church, as the above and the discovery the mosaic's of Megidodo; discovered in 2005, clearly shows.
There are many questions one could ask in relation to women in early Judaism and Christianity, most of which strikes me as odd.
Question:
With the above in mind, why were women removed from the ministry of the early church, so much so, that controversy still rears its ugly head today where female ministers are concerned?
Peace.
‘I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I handed them onto you. But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the husband is the head of his wife, and God is the head of Christ. Any man who prays or prophesies with something on his head disgraces his head, but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled disgraces her head - it is one and the same thing as having her head shaved.’ 1 Cor: 2-5. (Indeed, the more one studies Paul, the more one realises just how much his own mind-set entered his writings regarding women; Paul never married, and really believed women should be subject to man.)
It would appear from the above that the Corinthian women had displeased Paul by exercising their ministries at community gatherings with their heads uncovered, but his emotive words concerning women’s head–dress should not be allowed to obscure the fact that women were exercising ministries, that is to say, they were active participants in that liturgical context.
It is very clear that women played a role in the ministry of the early church, as the above and the discovery the mosaic's of Megidodo; discovered in 2005, clearly shows.
There are many questions one could ask in relation to women in early Judaism and Christianity, most of which strikes me as odd.
Question:
With the above in mind, why were women removed from the ministry of the early church, so much so, that controversy still rears its ugly head today where female ministers are concerned?
Peace.