Rome ancient frescoes reignite debate over women priests (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25021623)
The reopening of a labyrinth of catacombs in Rome has reignited a debate over women priests in early Christianity...
Women's groups say frescoes on the walls at the Catacombs of Priscilla are evidence that women occupied the role of priests in ancient times...
...But the Vatican has dismissed them as pure "fable, a legend".
The Vatican has restricted the priesthood for men and teaches that women cannot become priests because Jesus willingly chose only men as his apostles...
Except he didn't (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_disciples_of_Jesus). That was a tale that the early patriarchs crafted to justify restricting women's access to priesthood, and appropriate all power. An all accounts contradicting that dogma were tossed out of the mainstream, and declared heretic eventually.
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Date: 8/12/13 16:23 (UTC)Rome ancient frescoes reignite debate over women priests (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25021623)
The reopening of a labyrinth of catacombs in Rome has reignited a debate over women priests in early Christianity...
Women's groups say frescoes on the walls at the Catacombs of Priscilla are evidence that women occupied the role of priests in ancient times...
...But the Vatican has dismissed them as pure "fable, a legend".
The Vatican has restricted the priesthood for men and teaches that women cannot become priests because Jesus willingly chose only men as his apostles...
Except he didn't (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_disciples_of_Jesus). That was a tale that the early patriarchs crafted to justify restricting women's access to priesthood, and appropriate all power. An all accounts contradicting that dogma were tossed out of the mainstream, and declared heretic eventually.