Example sentences of "the ordination of women to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I remain of the conviction that the ordination of women to the priesthood ought to be construed as an enlargement and extension of the historic Christian ministry , ’ he said . |
| 2 | When certain assumptions are challenged , such as the ordination of women to the priesthood , suddenly tradition is seen as an inviolable and fixed form of living truth which compels the Church for ever to say ‘ no ’ to the ordination of women . |
| 3 | I am keenly aware , as you know , of the many Catholics whose faith and commitment have been badly shaken and disturbed in recent days , particularly over the ordination of women to the priesthood . |
| 4 | The recent nomination of a woman as Assistant Bishop of Massachusetts , and the remarks of one diocesan bishop that ‘ the ordination of women to the priesthood must be achieved at practically any cost ’ will cause great despair and lead to grave questioning of all that the Church of England has stood for . |
| 5 | If so , we hope this booklet will explain why the issue of the ordination of women to the priesthood is both important and urgent . |
| 6 | — in spite of the fact that opinion polls show that increasing numbers of Church members support the ordination of women to the priesthood . |
| 7 | I remain of the conviction that the ordination of women to the priesthood ought to be construed as an enlargement and extension of the historic Christian ministry . |
| 8 | Theological arguments can justify and indeed increasingly require the ordination of women to the priesthood . |
| 9 | The ordination of women to the priesthood ought to be construed as an enlargement and extension of the historic Christian ministry . |
| 10 | Those opposed to the ordination of women to the priesthood maintain that it can not be seen as a legitimate development because it is ‘ closely related to the central doctrines of the Christian faith ’ . |
| 11 | Both those who are working for and those who oppose the ordination of women to the priesthood fully support the ecumenical movement . |
| 12 | Men as well as women are now realizing that the issue of the ordination of women to the priesthood is a gospel issue . |
| 13 | THE Church of England Synod voted on November 11 in favour of the ordination of women to the priesthood . |
| 14 | Then take Leonard 's speech to the General Synod of the Church of England before the crucial vote on the ordination of women to the priesthood in 1978 . |
| 15 | I see that I ( who had written the statement in favour of the ordination of women to the priesthood which was circulated to all members of the Synod before the vote , l5 a statement to which Leonard may well in part have been responding ) wrote in the margin of my copy of his speech : ‘ Have microscopes . ’ |
| 16 | Having in Scotland lost the vote for the ordination of women to the priesthood , it seemed profitable to argue that women should be ordained to the diaconate ( that is to say be made deacons , not simply deaconesses ) . |
| 17 | In an article written in support of the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church in the United States , Richard Norris , whose scholarship I have just mentioned , argues that the tenets of patristic Christology are such that it can not be said that a baptized woman is differently related than is a man to Jesus as the Christ . |
| 18 | At the time that I was contending for the ordination of women to the priesthood of the Anglican Church , I made use of another argument , drawing out the implications of patristic thought . |
| 19 | Such an understanding of reality on the part of a Catholic conservative was well expressed by the Anglican bishop Graham Leonard , in his speech against the ordination of women to the General Synod of the Church of England in 1978 . |
| 20 | In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph at the end of his second year as Archbishop , Dr George Carey said the next 12 months would be difficult for the Church as it focused on the ordination of women to the priesthood . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ My vote in Synod will be cast after careful consideration , but it is public knowledge that I 'm inclined to support the ordination of women to the priesthood . ’ |