When Jesus chose only men among the Twelve, he did NOT establish a permanent norm to exclude women from ordained ministries

When Jesus chose only men among the Twelve, he did NOT establish a permanent norm to exclude women from ordained ministries

select readings from our site

• ‘The Scriptural Argument in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis’, R. Bieringer, Bijdragen 62 (2001) pp. 129 – 142;
• “The twelve apostles were men–” I.RamingOrientierung 56 (1992) pp. 143-146.
• ‘Did Christ conform to social myth?’, J. Wijngaards, DCROWP 1986, pp. 36-46.
• ‘The Ministry of Women according to the New Testament’, E. M. Tetlow, WMNT 1980, ch. 3.
• ‘The Role of Women According to Jesus and the Early Church’, R. J. Karris, WPFD 1978, pp. 47-57.
• ‘The Biblical Evidence’, Ch. Evans, YWP 1978, pp. 16-29.
• ‘The Twelve’, E. Schüssler Fiorenza, WP 1977, pp. 114-121.
• ‘Did Jesus Exclude Women from Priesthood?’, S. M. Schneiders, WP 1977, pp.227-233.
• ‘Pro and Con: The Ordination of Women in the New Testament’, R. H. Fuller, TNTO 1976, pp. 1-11.
• ‘Christ, Revelation, and the Ordination of Women’, A. A. Vogel, TNTO 1976, pp. 42-51.
• ‘The Authority of Scripture’, P. Lakeland, CWBP 1975, pp. 31-46.
• ‘Women and Ministry’, E. Carroll, Theological Studies 36 (1975) pp. 660 – 687.
• ‘Holy Scripture’, H. van der Meer, WPCC 1973, pp. 10-45.