Ping
Apostate does apostate things, film at eleven. This is some emperor has no clothes level insanity. The vicar of pachamamma can’t be the Vicar of Christ.
Would that make her a lectress or a lectatrix?
ANTI pope Francis. ANTI.
Pope Francis is wrong on things that endanger lives, confuse people about good and evil, etc. This one is not as big a deal as letting Christians in China and Nigeria suffer, as an example.
I’m a lector. I happen to be female. I don’t care what name you give it. I’m carefully, prayerfully doing my job. The Word speaks to people. I’m just the reader.
When I listen in the pew, it is not the sex of the reader that is of interest. It’s the clarity, so I can grasp the meaning and reflect upon it.
If the Church, upon direction by the Holy Spirit, decided that women lectors and acolytes were standing in the way of priestly vocations, I’d obey a directive to step down. I don’t want to, though. This ministry is really good for my soul, and from the feedback I get, others are benefiting also.
We have the leadership we deserve.
Is this news?
This is the clericalism he pretends to condemn.
St. Paul seems clear in stating a women is to be silent/restrained in church. 1 Timothy 2:11; 1 Corinthians 14:34; Titus 2:1-15.
In Acts 18:26, we see Paul being instructed by Priscilla and Aquila; Priscilla being a woman.
In Acts 2:17, Paul writes, “And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy ..."
""He (Philip the evangelist) had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied." - Acts 21:9
Something I've considered. In Acts 1:8 Jesus says, "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” The result of Jesus' command is the gathering of the saints in the upper room. Acts 1:13,14 describes those in the upper room following Christ's resurrection. They included: Peter, James, John, and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot; and Judas the son of James. ... with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. "
In the upper room the Holy Spirit rested on all present, men and women. Peter then preaches the following:
‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ - Acts 2: 17,21
As I began my comment, new testament scripture is a mixed bag concerning women in Christian ministry - IMHO.
you will be known by your fruits.