Die Frauenordination aus anglikanischer Sicht Dr Charlotte Methuen

Die Frauenordination aus anglikanischer Sicht Dr Charlotte Methuen

Die Frauenordination aus anglikanischer
Sicht
Dr Charlotte Methuen
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1855 Bishop of Maryland “sets apart” two deaconesses
1862 Bishop of London “orders” deaconess by service of
prayer with laying on hands.
1919 General Convention (PECUSA) recommends including
deaconesses in Clergy Pension Fund, but Board says they
are not “clergy”
1920 Lambeth Conference concludes “ordination” of a
deaconess confers on her holy orders.
1930 Lambeth Conference changes its mind, asserts
deaconesses are not in holy orders.
1935 Church of England commission finds no strong
arguments either for or against the ordination of women,
but affirms an all-male priesthood “for the church today.”
Church of England deaconesses in training
ca. 1918
Elizabeth Ferrard ca. 1865
“It is evident unto all men, diligently reading
holy scripture, and ancient authors, that from
the Apostles’ time, there have been these orders
of Ministers in Christ’s church: Bishops, Priests,
and Deacons…” (1550)
 “Allen, welche die heilige Schrift und die alten
Schriftsteller sorgfältig lesen, ist es
einleuchtend, daß von der Apostel Zeiten her
folgende Ordnungen unter den Dienern der
Kirche Jesu Christi, nämlich Bischöfe, Priester
und Diakonen.”
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 Gleicht eine Diakonisse einem Diakon?
 1920
Lambeth Conference concludes
“ordination” of a deaconess confers on her
holy orders.
 1930 Lambeth Conference changes its mind,
asserts deaconesses are not in holy orders.
 1944
Florence Li Tim-Oi ordained priest in
Hong Kong by Bishop R.O. Hall.
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1965 Deaconess Phyllis Edwards recognized as deacon by
Bishop James Pike, San Francisco.
1968 Lambeth Conference agrees that deaconesses are
within the diaconate, but refers the ordination of women
back to member churches for further study. Hong Kong,
Kenya, Korea and Canada begin ordaining women to
diaconate.
1971 Newly established Anglican Consultative Council
declares it is “acceptable” for a bishop to ordain a woman
if his national church or province approves. The Revs Jane
Hwang and Joyce Bennett are ordained to the priesthood
by Bishop Gilbert Baker of Hong Kong; Florence Li Tim-Oi’s
orders are affirmed in absentia.
1974 Eleven women deacons ordained to the priesthood
in Philadelphia by two retired bishops and one who had
previously resigned his see. (“Illegal ordinations.”)
1975 Church of England’s General Synod
declares there are no fundamental objections to
the ordination of women as priests.
 1978 Church of England’s General Synod
debates motion calling for legislation to enable
women to be both priests and bishops; passed by
Houses of Bishops and Laity with 2/3 majority
but defeated in House of Clergy.
 1984 General Synod of the Church of England
passes motion calling for legislation to enable
women to be priests.
 1986 Church of England legislation passed
enabling women to be ordained deacons.
 1987 first women ordained as Deacons in
Church of England.
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 1989
Consecration of the Rt Rev Barbara
Harris in Boston, by Presiding Bishop Edmond
L. Browning and 60 other bishops.
 1992 November: Church or England General
Synod passes Priests (Ordination of Women)
Measure.
 1993 Church or England General Synod
passes Episcopal Ministry Act of Synod.
 1994 ca. 1,500 women ordained as priests in
England.
 1998
eleven women join 700+ male bishops
at Lambeth Conference.
Now that legislation has been passed to enable
women to become bishops the Church of England
is fully and unequivocally committed to all
orders of ministry being open equally to all,
without reference to gender, and holds that
those whom it has duly ordained and appointed
to office are the true and lawful holders of the
office which they occupy and thus deserve due
respect and canonical obedience;
 Anyone who ministers within the Church of
England must be prepared to acknowledge that
the Church of England has reached a clear
decision on the matter;
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it continues to share the historic
episcopate with other Churches, including
the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox
Church and those provinces of the Anglican
Communion which continue to ordain only
men as priests or bishops, the Church of
England acknowledges that its own clear
decision on ministry and gender is set within
a broader process of discernment within the
Anglican Communion and the whole Church
of God;
Since those within the Church of England who,
on grounds of theological conviction, are unable
to receive the ministry of women bishops or
priests continue to be within the spectrum of
teaching and tradition of the Anglican
Communion, the Church of England remains
committed to enabling them to flourish within
its life and structures;
 Pastoral and sacramental provision for the
minority within the Church of England will be
made without specifying a limit of time and in a
way that maintains the highest possible degree
of communion and contributes to mutual
flourishing across the whole Church of England
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Warum noch die Gegenstimmen?
 Ökumene
 Schrift
(römisch-katholische Kirche)
 Was
heißt es, eine Kirche zu sein?
 Was
heißt es, von dem imago Dei zu
sprechen?
 Welche
Bedeutung hat die biologische
Geschlechtsdifferenz?
The Archbishop of York has rejected
allegations he is promoting the theory
that female bishops are “tainted” after
it emerged he will not lay on of hands
on a male priest in a subsequent
consecration.
Archbishop John Sentamu will
consecrate the Anglican Church’s first
female bishop Reverend Libby Lane …
The following week, he will not lay
hands on Reverend Phillip North when
he becomes Bishop of Burnley.
Mr North, a member of the
conservative Company of Mission
Priests group who do not marry,
opposed women as bishops.
Women and the Church (WATCH) said
they were “saddened” by the
“unprecedented” decision.
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