Deaconesses, the Ordination of Women and Orthodox Theology.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Patriarchal Message -- Introduction -- Part I: The Messages -- Message by the Dean of the School of Theology of AUTH -- Message by the Former Dean of Holy Cross, Greek Orthodox School of Theology -- Message by the President of the Department of Theology of the University of Athens -- Message by the President of the Department of Theology of AUTH -- Message by the President of the Department of Social Theology of the University of Athens -- Part II: Special Session to Honor Prof. Emeritus Evangelos Theodorou -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen -- Chapter Nineteen -- Chapter Twenty -- Chapter Twenty One -- Chapter Twenty Two -- Chapter Twenty Three -- Chapter Twenty Four -- Chapter Twenty Five -- Chapter Twenty Six -- Chapter Twenty Seven -- Chapter Twenty Eight -- Chapter Twenty Nine -- Chapter Thirty -- Chapter Thirty One -- Chapter Thirty Two -- Chapter Thirty Three -- Chapter Thirty Four -- Chapter Thirty Five -- Chapter Thirty Six -- Chapter Thirty Seven -- Chapter Thirty Eight -- Chapter Thirty Nine -- Chapter Forty -- Contributors.

This collection of essays highlights the thorny and divisive issue of the admission of women into the sacramental diaconal priesthood of the Christian Church from the Orthodox theological perspective. The contributions here stem from scientific papers presented at an international conference titled "Deaconesses, Ordination of Women and Orthodox Theology", organized in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2015 by the Center of Ecumenical, Missiological and Environmental Studies (CEMES). They cover almost all the fields of biblical, liturgical, patristic, systematic, canonical, and historical theology. The volume's main focus is the ancient order of deaconesses, in connection with the overall issue of the ordination of women. Although most papers address the issues from an Orthodox perspective, their sober analysis can provide theological argumentation for the wider Christian community, both the Churches and Christian denominations that exclude women from the sacramental priesthood, and those that have already adopted their ordination.

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