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In many denominations of Christianity the ordination of women is a relatively recent phenomenon within the life of the Church. As opportunities for women have expanded in the last 50 years, those ordained women who broke new ground or took on roles not traditionally held by women in the Church have been and continue to be considered notable.
Sarcophagus of the Egyptian priestess Iset-en-kheb, 25th–26th Dynasty (7th–6th century BC). In Ancient Egyptian religion, God's Wife of Amun was the highest ranking priestess; this title was held by a daughter of the High Priest of Amun, during the reign of Hatshepsut, while the capital of Egypt was in Thebes during the second millennium BC (circa 2160 BC).
The Christian Connection Church, which later merged with the Congregationalist Churches to form the Congregational Christian Church, ordained women as early as 1810. Women's ordination is now non-controversial in the United Church of Christ.
"A Woman at the Table - A Personal Reflection on Ten Years of Women as Priests". Ministry Today (29). Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Jan Fortune-Wood (2008). Stale Bread and Miracles: A Collection of micro fiction stories on the selection to the diaconate work as a woman priest. ISBN 1-905614-98-5.
1960: The Church of Sweden started ordaining women as priests The three first women to be ordained were Elisabeth Djurle, Ingrid Persson and Margit Sahlin. [7] 1961: Ingrid Bjerkås became the first woman to be ordained a minister of the Church of Norway. [42] 1964: Addie Elizabeth Davis became the first Southern Baptist woman to be ordained. [43]
As one of the largest nongovernmental organizations in the world, Tropeano said the church's teachings about women affect more people than world's 1.3 billion Catholics and makes it difficult for ...
Opinion: We're calling for equality in Catholic ordination, and we aren't alone, write three Iowans ordained through Roman Catholic Womenpriests.
The Catholic Church does not regard the priest as the only possible prayer leader, and prayer may be led by a woman. For example, when no priest, deacon, instituted lector or instituted acolyte is available, lay people (either men and women) may be appointed by the pastor to celebrate a Liturgy of the Word and distribute Holy Communion (which ...