Women And The Church Flashcards
3 ways Men and women are different
Job opportunities
Salary
Women can get fired when pregnant
Ordained meaning
Made a priest or bishop in a special ceremony
What Christian denomination can people get ordained in
Catholic
Patriarchal meaning
A way of describing a culture that is denominated and controlled by men
What are sacraments often described as
Visible signs of gods invisible grace
In 1975 a law was passed about the equality of men and women being able to do the same jobs etc. what was this law called
The sex discrimination act
What did the sex discrimination act make illegal
For employers to choose someone for a job based on their sex
What does the sex discrimination acts law not apply for?
To appointing church leaders
In the Catholic Church can women be priests?
No, they have never been allowed to become priests, bishops, cardinals or the pope
What type of culture do Christian’s argue the Bible was written in?
A patriarchal culture
Patriarchal meaning
A culture significantly focused on men
Why did God create women
So men aren’t ‘lonely’
What do some people argue about this Bible verse, “it is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him”
Suggests women are inferior to men as it describes them as “mens helpers”
Inferior meaning
Lower rank, status or quality
Who disobeyed God first
Eve
