The Role of Women in the Church and the Possibility of their Ordination in Modern Foreign and Russian Studies

Authors

  • Andrey A. Zotin Moscow Theological Academy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31802/PRAXIS.2020.5.3.017.

Keywords:

ordination, female priesthood, the role of women in the Church, the Holy Council of the Russian Orthodox Church 1917–1918, Wilfried Haerle

Abstract

This review examines the recently published minutes and transcripts of the Local
Council of 1917–1918. as well as a study by the Protestant theologian Wilfried Herle devoted to
the role of women in the Church and the possibility of her ordination on the basis of Holy Scripture.
The Orthodox and Protestant views on this issue are compared. Methodological premises of the
Protestant approach are analyzed and criticized.

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Author Biography

Andrey A. Zotin, Moscow Theological Academy

PhD student
at the Department of Church Practical Disciplines
at the Moscow Theological Academy

References

Вильрид Х. По поручению Христа? Рукоположение женщин: pro et contra. М.: Библейско-богословский институт, 2020.

Священный Собор Православной Российской Церкви 1917–1918 гг. о роли женщин в Церкви / предисловие А. И. Мраморнова. М.: Спасское дело, 2020.

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Published

2021-11-24

How to Cite

Zotin А. (2021). The Role of Women in the Church and the Possibility of their Ordination in Modern Foreign and Russian Studies. Praxis, (3 (5), 219–226. https://doi.org/10.31802/PRAXIS.2020.5.3.017.

Issue

No. 3 (5) (2020): Praxis

Section

Reviews

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