Roles of Catholic and Protestant Women By Chandra Tallent The roles of women of the sixteenth century in the Catholic and Protestant churches differ from each other in multiple ways. Though they are similar in some ways, they are different in others. Protestantism contains a dramatic array of potential roles for women. Some roles range from the highly permissive to very conservative. In the Catholic Church, women have played a variety of roles and the church has affected societal attitudes to women throughout the world in significant ways.
So why then, do many churches refuse women the right to serve as leaders? Why did God include passages of the Bible that restrict women’s leadership? 'Women should listen and learn quietly and submissively' (Timothy 2:11), 'I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner' (Timothy 2:12-14).
Ultimately this movement would allow for a more meaningful participation of women in the church. A major aspect of feminist theology is ‘feminist hermeneutics’. Hermeneutics is described to be “the science and art of interpretation”, therefore, feminist hermeneutics is the interpretation of the bible, studied by biblical scholars, and argues against the predominately patriarchal nature of the bible. Although there are a variety of approaches within this movement, the most predominant are Liberationist theology and Rejectionist theology. Many aspects of Feminist theology also believe the greatly patriarchal dominated nature of the bible is caused by a ‘Kyriarchy’, which means that a powerful group dominates over and excludes a less powerful group, showing where the male dominance comes from.
O'Murchu Values and a Mother like Church The National Catholic Reporter is a newspaper that oversees news involving that Catholic Church. An article written in 2013, called “Pope Francis Celebrates the Church as a Loving Mamma”, covers a speech which Pope Francis gave at Vatican City. In this speech the Pope refers to the “church as a mother”. Meaning the church, like a mother, aids in individual growth; the church does this by teaching the word of God. He also compares the church to a mother in the sense that we try to cover up our mothers faults.
Assess the veiw that woman are no longer opressed by religion When it comes to woman and religion there are many arguments that suggest woman are opressed and then many that say woman arent being opressed. Feminist are the main people who suggest woman are being opressed when it comes to religion. Feminist see relgion as patriachal ideology, which is where the men are in power and use religion as a way to get there ideas across. so for example they say man is made in gods image. So this patriachal ideology legitamates gender inequality where woman are concerned as women can not become higher leader in the church the highest women can go is to become a vicar.
Women have led denominations such as the Salvation Army. Both men and women are remembered as saints within the various Christian traditions: among the women considered saints, there have been contemporaries of Jesus, subsequent theologians, abbesses, mystics, doctors of the church, founders of religious orders, military leaders, monarchs and martyrs, evidencing the variety of roles played by women within the life of Christianity. According to the Gospels, Jesus instructed his followers to address God as "Father". Within Catholicism and Orthodoxy, a particular place of veneration is reserved for Mary, the Mother of Jesus, which has kept a model of maternal virtue central to their vision of Christianity. Marian devotion is however, generally not a feature of Protestantism.
An argument in favor of complementarianism can be made from 1 Timothy 2:9-15. The popular verse that argues against the egalitarian view is 1 Timothy 2:12, which reads: “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.” (NASB) Paul makes a similar argument in 1 Corinthians 14 where he writes, “the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the law also says” (1 Corinthians 14:34) (NASB). Paul makes the argument that women are not allowed to teach and or exercise authority over men within the church setting. Passages such as 1 Timothy 3:1-13 and Titus 1:6-9 seem to limit church leadership "offices" to men as well.
Christianity, Mormonism and Islamic faith all convey different perspectives toward polygamy in terms of their beliefs. These three religions also show different attitudes toward a woman’s right to marriage and her individual power after union. In addition, medical ethics within these three religions show different degrees of significance and importance as well. The Christian, Mormon and Islam faiths demonstrate different perspectives on the historical, medical and feminine aspects of polygamy. Although polygamy is an accepted part of all three religions’ past practice, their modern views on the controversial issue differ, and thus generating much debate among people.
Her responsibilities have ranged from a vessel of the lord to a mediator between Christ and humanity. Investigating a sampling of these works will illuminate how the redefinition of these roles was marked and sometimes changed through images of the Virgin. Images of Mary had special significance to medieval women because she was the sole female deity in a high position in the church. Addressing how the iconography of the Virgin was viewed and internalized by women will shine a light on the overall social significance of Mary. Due to the unclear timeline of medieval art many of the themes discussed overlap.
This quote clarifies to us that the court decision was based on discrimination. Racial prejudice does not only apply to court or society but to religion as well. When Calpurnia took Jem and Scout to the niggers church, Lula said, "You ain’t got no business bringin‘ white chillun here—they got their church, we got our’s” (pg 131). This quote clarifies to us that there was a separate church for white and black people's. Overall we can justify Lula’s reaction because that way nothing else, but hatred against white people that has been developed in her due to their prejudice against niggers but in the end she let them in.