"Pope Francis appoints panel to study ordaining women as deacons"
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"Pope Francis appoints panel to study ordaining women as deacons"
Photo: Pope Francis has said the history of women in the Church is unclear.
"Pope Francis has appointed a special commission to examine the role of female deacons in the Catholic Church, in a potentially historic opening on the possibility of women joining the clergy.
The 13-member commission, made up of seven men and six women, will study the question of female deacons with a particular focus on the history of women having played this role in the early years of the Church, the Vatican said in a statement.
"After intense prayer and mature reflection, Pope Francis has decided to institute the Commission for the Study of the Diaconate of Women," the statement said....
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"Q) That sounds like heresy! Are you suggesting that Mary Magdalene was the equal of Jesus? What do you mean by the term Co-Messiah?
A) She was absolutely the equal of Jesus! In the newly translated scrolls, she is called The Lady Christ and Jesus ?whose real name was Yahshua ?is called The Lord Christ. They traveled together and she was co-teacher with Jesus. Of course, that did not sit well with most of the population back then, as the era was extremely patriarchal. In fact, in Israel at that time, women were not permitted to enter the priesthood. The only exception was the Nasarean Order of Essenes, which did include women in the priesthood and affirmed both a God and Goddess.
Q) The Dead Sea Scrolls do not mention that the Essenes had Priestesses. In fact, some of the Dead Sea Scrolls are as patriarchal as the Bible. If the Essenes believed in a Goddess and had Priestesses, why is that not mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls?
A) That is because almost none of the published Dead Sea Scrolls were written by the Essenes. In
" http://www.essene.org/mmholygrail.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
kinda part of restoration?? :-B
A) She was absolutely the equal of Jesus! In the newly translated scrolls, she is called The Lady Christ and Jesus ?whose real name was Yahshua ?is called The Lord Christ. They traveled together and she was co-teacher with Jesus. Of course, that did not sit well with most of the population back then, as the era was extremely patriarchal. In fact, in Israel at that time, women were not permitted to enter the priesthood. The only exception was the Nasarean Order of Essenes, which did include women in the priesthood and affirmed both a God and Goddess.
Q) The Dead Sea Scrolls do not mention that the Essenes had Priestesses. In fact, some of the Dead Sea Scrolls are as patriarchal as the Bible. If the Essenes believed in a Goddess and had Priestesses, why is that not mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls?
A) That is because almost none of the published Dead Sea Scrolls were written by the Essenes. In
" http://www.essene.org/mmholygrail.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
kinda part of restoration?? :-B
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Re: "Pope Francis appoints panel to study ordaining women as deacons"
Who does the pope pray to? Does he pray through a dead saint or Mary or to God?