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Mary as priest: an old tradition brought into the contemporary argument regarding female ordination

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Mary as priest: an old tradition brought into the contemporary argument regarding female ordination

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Title: Mary as priest: an old tradition brought into the contemporary argument regarding female ordination

Author: Bethany Leggett

Degree Granting Institution: Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences

Place: Baltimore (Md.)

Publisher: Loyola University Maryland

Date Created: 2017

Type of Resource: text

Genre: thesis

Language: eng

Format: application/pdf

Physical Form: electronic

Digital Source: born digital

Abstract: The goal of this thesis is not to provide definitive answers regarding the issue of female ordination. Rather the goal is to open a door using a particular tradition which advocates for a woman as an ordained priest. As it will be discussed, none of the writers and theologians believed that women could be ordained priests. Therefore, it will be important to also discuss Triune God and point out that an argument can be made that the Triune God chose both a woman and men to be precursors to the ordained priesthood. In this way this thesis will be reintroducing an old tradition, and giving it new life in a contemporary context. This thesis has three chapters. The first chapter explores what it means to be an ordained minister and priest. While this thesis is primarily focused on the Roman Catholic context, it will also discuss the Protestant and Eastern Orthodox perspective. The document that will be used for the latter perspective has useful insight which should be considered in the argument which is based on Mary as an ordained priest. Mainly it emphasizes the importance of understanding that Jesus Christ continues to work through the Holy Spirit even in the modern era. Furthermore, the issue of the Eucharist and its theological importance and implications will be compared between the Protestant and the Roman Catholic perspectives. While both recognize the celebration of the Eucharist as important to worship with the community, it has a distinct importance to the Roman Catholic and to the authority attached to the ordained priesthood.

Subject: Electronic dissertations

Degree: Master of Theological Studies

Level: Master

Discipline: Theology

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Identifier: LeggettB-17

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