The World Needs Women Priests

Paidiske said:

...nor even American.

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That's why I'm neither Republican nor Democrat.

Love365 said:

A few years ago a Catholic nun in Canada,
preformed a wedding.

She got permission from the Vatican.

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In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church it is the bride and groom who are the celebrants of their own wedding. The priest is just a witness and does not actually marry them, thus your example does not support your argument because the couple are performing the sacrament and not the priest (or nun, or whoever).

Love365 said:

Can a woman preform a baptism?

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Of course! (BTW, I assume that you meant "perform" not "preform")

Even in the Catholic church, a woman can perform a baptism. There was a time when it was quite common for midwives to baptise infants who were considered unlikely to live long.

I hear confessions.

Love365 said:

This gives the Holy Spirit a female voice.
Because women can learn new languages much faster than men.

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Sorry, but that's not at all logical.

The word for Spirit in Scripture is, I'm told, feminine The Spirit is also described as someone who broods over the waters and who is responsible for bringing people to new birth.
Both of those things give the Spirit a female voice.
The ability to learn languages is irrelevant. The Apostles didn't learn new languages, they found themselves able to speak them, supernaturally and immediately. The Spirit gave power and new life, not Spanish lessons.

Love365 said:

The Holy Spirit appeared as tongues of fire.
At Pentecost the 12 Apostles began speaking different languages.

This gives the Holy Spirit a female voice.
Because women can learn new languages much faster than men.

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I believe that you've said this before. Then as now, what is your basis for saying that women can learn new languages much faster than men?

Can anyone give a reasonable explanation why a woman can't perform any and all priestly functions? If it is a question of physical strength there might be a case made but obviously that doesn't exist.

Both men and women were/are created by God and "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28 => There is neither male nor female in Christ Jesus <=

The only reason to deny women full rights and authority in the church is blind, unscriptural sexism.

pescador said:

Can anyone give a reasonable explanation why a woman can't perform any and all priestly functions?

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AnyONE can do AnyTHING that God calls them to do - or they should be able to.
Good luck to anyone who tries to stand in the way of, or to negate, God's call because they don't think he would ever call a particular person to do that.

Love365 said:

Scientific American
2008

Girl Talk
Are women really better at language?

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What's the ability to learn a language got to do with the fact that at Pentecost the disciples suddenly and supernaturally, started speaking in other languages?

Love365 said:

Learning new languages is important for two reasons.

Learning new languages helps spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The other reason is world peace.
The more trade and communication between two countries,
the better.

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That could be.
But that has nothing to do with the Spirit having a "female voice" at Pentecost or that the Spirit enabled the male apostles to speak in tongues.

John 4

Philip_B said:

John 4

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Are you saying that the Samaritan woman was a priest?

Strong in Him said:

That could be.
But that has nothing to do with the Spirit having a "female voice" at Pentecost or that the Spirit enabled the male apostles to speak in tongues.

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Where does it say that the Spirit had (has!) a female voice? Beyond that, did the people who received the Holy Spirit speak in female voices? There is nothing in my Bible that indicates that.