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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

shenmue

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Sat Mar 7, 2015, 07:48 PM

Mar 2015

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We know there were women deacons, they are mentioned in some of Paul's epistles. Fr. Thomas Hopko said that St. John Chrysostom, who was a bishop, "had hundreds of them." I do not see why at least the diaconate couldn't be reopened to women. For starters.

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Paging St. Paul shenmue Mar 2015 #1

He refers to Junia as an "apostle," okasha Mar 2015 #2

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