‘What Has Not Been Assumed Has Not Been Redeemed: The Forgotten Orthodox Theological Condonement of Women’s Ordination in the 1996 Orthodox and Old Catholic Consultation on Gender and the Apostolic Ministry

Smit, Peter-Ben (2019). ‘What Has Not Been Assumed Has Not Been Redeemed: The Forgotten Orthodox Theological Condonement of Women’s Ordination in the 1996 Orthodox and Old Catholic Consultation on Gender and the Apostolic Ministry. In: Kupari, Helena; Vuola, Elina (eds.) Orthodox Christianity and Gender. Dynamics of Tradition, Culture and Lived Practice. Routledge Studies in Religion (pp. 80-93). Abingdon: Routledge 10.4324/9780203701188-5

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This chapter examines the Orthodox theological condonement of the ordination of women in the 1996 consultation between Orthodox and Old Catholic theologians on gender and the apostolic ministry. This formal consultation came to the conclusion that there are no theological objections to the ordination of women. The author proposes that the issue of women’s ordination touched on a fundamental theological question: the manner in which tradition, including Scripture, is to be received. This chapter sheds light on a highly interesting yet little-known episode in Orthodox ecumenical relations, showing that there are recent examples of negotiations with tradition even on issues considered “closed cases” such as women’s ordination.

Item Type:

Book Section (Book Chapter)

Division/Institute:

01 Faculty of Theology > Institute of Old Catholic Theology
01 Faculty of Theology > Institute of Old Catholic Theology > Systematic Theology, Ecumenical Theology, Practical Theology

UniBE Contributor:

Smit, Peter Bernard

Subjects:

200 Religion > 230 Christianity & Christian theology

ISBN:

9781138574205

Series:

Routledge Studies in Religion

Publisher:

Routledge

Language:

English

Submitter:

Peter Bernard Smit

Date Deposited:

26 Mar 2020 12:04

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:33

Publisher DOI:

10.4324/9780203701188-5

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.141077

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/141077

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