2.1 Primary Resources 3
3.1 Narrative Dimension 4-5
3.2 Stances within the Ministerial Priesthood 5-7
4.1 Evaluation of Narrative Dimension 8
4.2 Evaluation of Stances within the ministerial priesthood 8-9
4.3 Final Evaluation 9
6.0 Appendices 11
Appendix 1: Transcript of Brother Pritchard's Interview 11-13
Appendix 2: Transcript of Father Stratford's Interview 14-16
Appendix 3: Bible Passages(John 4: 27, Luke 10: 38-42, Luke 8:1-3)17
Appendix 4: Artist's Impression 18
The non-allowance of women into the ministerial priesthood is one of the main issues that the Roman Catholic Church faces. This issue has come about as a result of society's changing viewpoints, which now calls for women to be given equal rights. Until now, this issue was not open for debate; hence it puts the Roman Catholic Church in a situation that has not occurred before.
In the ever changing contemporary western society, the role of women is changing. Men are not regarded as the superior gender, women are more demanding and given greater equality to men. The hypothesis of this analytical field study is that women should be allowed to join the ministerial priesthood within the Roman Catholic Church (RCC). Narrative Dimension and Stances within the ministerial priesthood will be used as subheadings in order to examine the issue of the non-allowance of women to the ministerial priesthood in the RCC.
A variety of sources were used to collect information for compilation of this report.
These sources include conventions and RCC beliefs.
These sources include relevant books, bible passages, and internet resources.
These sources include interviews undertaken with a ...