Women Officeholders in Early Christianity
Epigraphical and Literary Studies (Theology)
by Ute E. Eisen and Linda M. Maloney
"Here Ute E. Eisen provides a scholarly investigation of the evidence that women held offices of authority in the first centuries of Christianity. Topics include apostles, prophets, theological teachers, presbyters, enrolled widows, deacons, bishops, and oikonomae. The book concludes with a chapter on "source-oriented perspectives for a history of Christian women in official positions.""--BOOK JACKET.
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Women Officeholders in Early Christianity: Epigraphical and Literary Studies (Theology)
June 2000, Michael Glazier Books, The Liturgical Press, Liturgical Press
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0814659500 9780814659502
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"The focus of this book is on Christian women in the ancient Church and the early Middle Ages who were active in theology and Church politics, either as holders of official positions in the Church or as persons acting independently of the institution itself."
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