Ordination of women — Main article: Ordination Ordination in general religious usage is the process by which a person is consecrated (set apart for the administration of various religious rites). The ordination of women is a regular practice among some major religious … Wikipedia
Ordination of women in the United Methodist Church — has occurred since its creation in 1968. Some of the groups that later became part of the United Methodist Church started ordaining women in the late 19th century, but the largest group, The Methodist Church, did not grant women full clergy… … Wikipedia
Ordination of women in Protestant churches — Part of a series on Christianity and Gender Theology Female disciples of Jesus Gender roles in Christianity … Wikipedia
Ordination of women in the Anglican Communion — The ordination of women in the Anglican Communion has become increasingly accepted in recent years. Contents 1 Introduction 2 First ordinations 3 First woman bishop and primate 4 … Wikipedia
Ordination of women in Buddhism — The ordination of women in Buddhism is currently and historically practiced in some Buddhist regions, such as East Asia, and now once again in Sri Lanka, as well as newly beginning in some Western countries to which Buddhism has recently spread,… … Wikipedia
Ordination of women in the Church of Scotland — The Church of Scotland was one of the first national churches to accept the ordination of women. In Presbyterianism, ordination is understood to be an ordinance rather than a sacrament; ministers and elders are ordained; until recently deacons… … Wikipedia
Ordination of women in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney — The ordination of women in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, as presbyters and bishops but not as deacons, is rejected. Contents 1 Diocesan position 2 Interpretations of the teachings of Paul 3 Legal action 4 … Wikipedia
ordination of women — Посвящение / Ординация женщин … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
Movement for the Ordination of Women — The Movement for the Ordination of Women (MOW) was an organisation which campaigned for the ordination of women as deacons and priests in the Church of England. It operated from the late 1970s until women were ordained as priests in the early… … Wikipedia
(the) ordination of women — the ordination of women [the ordination of women] noun [U] the process of admitting women as priests in the Church. The ↑Roman Catholic Church does not allow women to be priests, but the ↑Church of England and the rest of the ↑Anglican Communion… … Useful english dictionary
