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Anglicanism has long made the claim to be truly Catholic and truly Reformed. Its comprehensiveness has meant much wonder as well as much frustration and frequent suffering. The ordination of women would be for many the most dramatic statement that Anglican Comprehensiveness can no longer weather the hasty temper of the times. The fact that so many seem to think the ordination issue is of secondary importance to the life of the church gives cause for pessimism. This short study, while not a formal dissertation, is an attempt to uncover some of the hitherto ignored theological implications of altering the male priesthood. . I should not expect all or even most men and women who wish to preserve the historic priesthood within Anglicanism share the particular symbolic arguments I have given in its defense. If we are patient and continue to debate in a reasoned way, the ordination controversy will be a guide to a deeper understanding of ecclesiology and sexuality as we approach the twenty-first century.
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Priest and Priestess
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Trinity Press, 1973
ISBN 10: 0912046090
ISBN 13: 9780912046099
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Seller: Arches Bookhouse, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: GOOD. First Edition. From the personal library of Episcopal Priest, church historian, and ecumenist J. Robert Wright with his signature to the half-title. 99pp. Perfectbound in printed wraps; spine toned; Extensively underlined and critically annotated by Fr. Wright. Rutler's dissertation on the essential symbolic value of the male priesthood came in response to the Anglican ordination of two women to the priesthood in 1971 and the ongoing disputation over their validity, which would escalate with the ordination of the 'Philadelphia Eleven' to the priesthood in 1974. Rutler left the Episcopal church soon thereafter and eventually joined the Roman Catholic church in 1979 and was ordained as a RC Priest in 1981. Seller Inventory # 508118