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Baylor University Press - Icons of christ: a biblical and systematic theology for women's ordination, hardcover/william g. witt

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The pastoral office is one of the most critical in Christianity.

Historically, however, Christians have not been able to agree on the precise nature and limits of that office.

A specific area of contention has been the role of women in pastoral leadership.

In recent decades, three broad types of arguments have been raised against women's ordination: nontheological (primarily cultural or political), Protestant, and Catholic.

Reflecting their divergent understandings of the purpose of or.