In Christianity, the ordination of women has been taking place in an increasing number of Protestant and Old Catholic churches, starting in the 20th century...

Methodist views on the ordination of women in the rite of holy orders are diverse. Historically, as in other Christian denominations, many Methodist churches...

In the liturgical traditions of the Catholic Church, the term ordination refers to the means by which a person is included in one of the holy orders of...

The ordination of women to ministerial or priestly office is an increasingly common practice among some contemporary major religious groups. It remains...

The ordination of women in the Anglican Communion has been increasingly common in certain provinces since the 1970s. Several provinces, however, and certain...

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...

man, but to be in silence. The verse is widely used to oppose ordination of women as clergy, and to oppose certain other positions of ministry and leadership...

is a list of women found in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles. The list appears in alphabetical order. Abigail – mother of Amasa, Sister of David. I Chronicles...

Ordain Women is a Mormon feminist organization that supports the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

"Review of Women in Pastoral Office. The Story of Santa Prassede, Rome, SchaeferMary". Gnomon. 89 (1): 42–46. doi:10.2307/26533899. ISSN 0017-1417. 'Et in ipso...