ORDINATION OF WOMEN
and related issues

FATHER DAVID WRITES: This archive of articles and links has been created because of the difficulty of finding in one place the key arguments against the ordination of women as priests and bishops. Of course, inclusion here does not mean that I regard every argument as being equally valid or useful.

The archive is constantly expanding. If you have resources to suggest for inclusion here, please send me an email: david@fministry.com

A BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEXTS
questioning the ordination of women
to the priesthood and episcopate

A.M.I.A ORDINATION OF WOMEN REPORT
submitted by Bishop John H. Rodgers, Jr.,
Chairman and the Women’s Ordination Study Team, July 31, 2003

BENEDICT XVI & THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE CHURCH
by Dr Pia De Solenni

BISHOPS, PRESBYTERS AND WOMEN
by Gerald Bray

CONCERNING WOMEN'S ORDINATION
by Alexander Schmemann

ADAM & EVE — EAST OF EDEN - Woman's Authority in the Church
by Monica Miller

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN CANTERBURY & ROME
ON THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN 1975-1986

ESSAYS ON THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN FROM FORT WORTH
Four essays explaining the orthodox position

FORMER EPISCOPAL (USA) WOMAN PRIEST'S ARTICLES
Professor Alice C. Linsley argues against the ordination of women

FORMER LUTHERAN PASTOR DEBUNKS THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN
by Jennifer Ferrara

FORWARD IN FAITH COMMUNION STATEMENT
and the CODE OF PRACTICE

THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF WOMEN PRIESTS
by Hans Urs von Balthasar
- his review of Inter Insigniores

INTER INSIGNIORES
(Declaration on the Question of Admission of Women
to the Ministerial Priesthood)
The Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

JOHN RICHARDSON'S ARTICLES
collected from his blog and other sources

CARDINAL KASPER'S ADDRESS TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
A plea from the wider Catholic Church

MAN, WOMAN, AND PRIESTHOOD
Collection of papers edited by Peter Moore

MY REASONS FOR VOTING AGAINST the Women Bishops Measure
Tom Sutcliffe explains why he and others who are in favour of women bishops voted against the legislation at the Church of England's General Synod in November 2012.

THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN
by John W. Kleinig

THE ORTHODOX PRIEST: AN ICON OF CHRIST
by Fr Alister Anderson

PRIESTESSES IN THE CHURCH
by C.S. Lewis

REASONS FOR QUESTIONING WOMEN'S ORDINATION
in the Light of Scripture
the Rev'd Dr Rodney A. Whitacre

RECOVERING BIBLICAL MANHOOD AND WOMANHOOD
A Response to Evangelical Feminism
edited by John Piper and Wayne Grudem

THE SACRAMENT OF PRIESTHOOD IN HOLY SCRIPTURE - THEOLOGICAL PRESUPPOSITIONS
Prof. Christos Sp. Voulgaris, Professor of New Testament, & Dean of the
School of Theology of the University of Athens

A SERIOUS ARGUMENT AGAINST THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN
TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND EPISCOPATE
by the Rt Rev'd John Rodgers

SISTER SARA BUTLER
Articles by a scholar who changed her mind

JOHN SAWARD'S TWO PAPERS
"The Case Against the Ordination of Women"
and "Christ and His Bride"

TESTING THE SPIRITS
Quotes from Deborah Malacky Belonick's article. (This is followed by her article, "Father, Son and Holy Spirit" - What's in a Name?")

THE THEOLOGICAL CASE AGAINST WOMEN'S ORDINATION
Bishop Stanley Atkins

UNFINISHED BUSINESS –
ʻWOMEN BISHOPSʼ, THE WORD AND THE WAY FORWARD
Fr Robbie Low, writing in New Directions, 2004

WHAT ABOUT JUNIA?

WOMEN BISHOPS - THE FINAL DIVIDE?
Dr Claire Smith, writing in the Forward in Faith (Australia) Newsletter, 2004

WOMEN IN THE CHURCH
by Archpriest Lawrence Farley

WOMEN PRIESTS?
by Professor E.L. Mascall

WOMEN PRIESTS IN ANTIQUITY?
- debate by Torrance & Reardon (and an article by Hutchins)
from TOUCHSTONE Magazine

WOMEN'S ORDINATION AND THE ECUMENICAL IMPERATIVE
by Fr Victor Novak

WOMEN'S ORDINATION DENIES THE INCARNATION
by Sheldon Vanauken