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It was
responded to by Patrick Henry Reardon in "Women
Priests: A Response to Thomas
F. Torrance." See also: "On
the Ordination of Women: A Correspondence Between Thomas F. Torrance and
Patrick Henry Reardon."
The Ministry of Women
by
In one of the earliest of the Catacomb paintings in Rome in the
Capella
Greca, within a century after the death and resurrection of Christ,
there is a remarkable mural depicting the breaking of bread at the celebration
of the Eucharist. Seven presbyters are seated in a semi-circle behind the