A church without women would be like the apostolic college without Mary. The Madonna is more important than the apostles, and the church herself is feminine, the spouse of Christ and a mother.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The Catholic Church has never really come to terms with women. What I object to is being treated either as Madonnas or Mary Magdalenes.
Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church.
Every minister knows it's harder to get the guys to church than the women. We ought to be asking why this is.
There were theoretical elements in the subjection of women and it is not possible to avoid the conclusion that a large contribution was made to them by the Church. In part this was a matter of its hostile stance towards sexuality.
I, personally, do not consider myself to be some kind of Holy Mary of feminism.
For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.
There were so many outstanding women in scripture that were leaders. And, you know, the organized church sometimes puts boundaries on us that the Bible doesn't.
In the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.
A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
The priests are debarred from female society, nor is any woman permitted to enter the religious houses.