Women's "Ordination" — Catholic and Orthodox Resources

Vivificat! - A Catholic Blog of Commentary and Opinion ^ | 17 June 2006 | Teófilo

[Teófilo]

Folks, I've been doing some research for some future articles and decided to create an apologetical "knowledge base" of doctrinal resources defending the traditional Catholic and Orthodox stance of restricting the ministerial priesthood to males. I make it available to you below and also at Vivificat's "Favorite Sites" section:

• Apostolic Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II on Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone (Ordinatio Sacerdotalis)
• Authoritatively No Authority to Ordain Women
• Catechism of the Catholic Church # 1577
• Catholic Women — A Case of Oppression? (Catholic Answers)
• Former Lutheran Pastor Debunks Women's Ordination
• Notification on the Diaconal Ordination of Women
• Ordinatio Sacerdotalis: Exercise in Infallibility
• Ordination is Not a Right: Why the Church Cannot Make Women Priests (Catholic Answers)
• Ordination of Women - Orthodox Church in America
• Presentation of Ordinatio Sacerdotalis
• Priestly Ordination - Fr. William Most
• Scripture and the Fathers on Ordination of Women
• Sexual Symbolism - Peter Kreeft
• Summary of Cardinal Ratzinger's Commentary on 'Ordinatio Sacerdotalis'
• The Male Priesthood
• Thoughts on Women Ordination - OrthodoxyToday.Org
• Why Can’t Women Be Priests? (Catholic Answers)
• Why No Women's Ordination (Catholic Answers)
• Women and the Priesthood - Peter Kreeft (Audio)
• Women and the Priesthood II - The Fathers Know Best (Catholic Answers)
• Women in the Orthodox Church - St. Nina Quarterly
• Women Priests? - Fr. William Most
• Women Priests: No Chance (Catholic Answers)
• Women's Ordination: Taking No for an Answer - Dr. James Hitchcock
• Women’s Ordination Was Non-Negotiable: The conversion story of Fr. Peter Geldard (Catholic Answers)

[Teófilo]

Blunders. Typos. Mine.

[Teófilo]

PING!

[neocon]

I'd just recommend adding to your list Inter Insigniores, which was published in 1976 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Acta Apostolica Sedis, and is the principle source-document for Ordinatio Sacerdotalis.

The Holy See has been responding (in the negative) to the demands of the radical feminists at least as far back as the papacy of Paul VI.

[D-fendr]

Women have a special role in the Church. I don't understand why any would want to trade that for priesthood.

[Teófilo]

Good one! I've just added it. Thanks!

-Theo

[Revelation 911]

imo - some of the first to call them heretics are those that allow them to teach thier kids in Sunday school and become missionaries (teachers) to other locales

[Ebenezer]

Regarding the Catholic Church, the Vatican has said it over and over; the Church does not have the authority to ordain women to the priesthood.

"Rome has spoken. The case is closed."