Read the synopsis on how women were treated in the early Church Orders and Church Canons.
| Date | Name | description |
| 3rd cent. | Didascalia Apostolorum | socalled ‘Church Order’ |
| 248 AD | Canons of Dionysius | Archbishop’s regulations for Alexandria |
| 324 | Council of Nicea | General Church Council |
| 325-381 | Local Council of Gangra | local synod (Gangra is modern day Çankırı, in Turkey) |
| 329-379 | Canons of St. Basil | rules of local bishop |
| 363 | Synod of Laodicea | local synod |
| 380 | Synod of Saragossa | local synods |
| 390 | Synod of Carthage | local synod |
| 393 | Synod of Hippo | local synod |
| 394 | Synod of Nimes | local synod |
| ca. 400 AD | Apostolic Constitutions see here Book VIII | ‘Church Order’ |
| 345 – 419 | Councils of Carthage | local synods |
| 441 | Synod of Orange | local synod |
| 451 | Council of Chalcedon | General Church Council |
| 465 | Council of Vannes | General Church Council |
| 485 | Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua | ‘Church Order’ |
| 517 | Synod of Epaon | local synod |
| 553 | Second Synod of Orléans | local synod |
| 538 | Third Synod of Orléans | local synod |
| 550 | Braga | Collected Chapters by Bishop of Braga |
| 563 | Council of Braga 2 | Council of Braga |
| 567 | Synod of Tours 2 | local synod |
| 578 | Council of Seville | Council of Seville |
| 581 | Synod of Macon | local synod |
| 585 | Synod of Macon | local synod |
| 588 | Synod of Auxerre | local synod |
| 630 | Synod of Reims | local synod |
| 650 | Synod of Rouen | local synod |
| 680 | Canons of Bishop Timothy | rules by Archbishop of Alexandria |
| 690 | Penitentiary of Theodore | rules by Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 692 | Council of Trullo | General Church Council |
| 743 | Synod of Rome | local synod |
| 787 | Council of Nicaea II | General Church Council |
| 821 | Capitulary of Theodulf | rules by Bishop of Orléans |
| 823 | Capitulary of Basel | rules by Bishop of Basel |
| 829 | Council of Paris | local Council |
| 850 | Synod of Rome | local synod |
| 868 | Synod of Worms | local synod |