Ordination of Women to the Diaconate in the Eastern Churches : Essays by Cipriano Vagaggini

The Question Of Restoring Women To The Ordained Diaconate Surfaced During The Second Vatican Council And Continued To Resound In Academic And Pastoral Circles Well After Pope Paul Vi Restored The Diaconate As A Permanent State For The Church In The West In 1967. Available For The First Time In English, These Two Documents By Cipriano Vagaggini, Osb. Cam., On The Historical Details Of Women Ordained As Deacons In The Greek And Byzantine Traditions Demonstrate That Women Were Sacramentally Ordained To The Major Order Of Deacon Over The Course Of Many Centuries In Many Parts Of The Greek And Byzantine East. Vagaggini Introduces The Conclusions To His Study By Noting That 'in Christian Antiquity There Were Different Beliefs And Tendencies Distinguishing Between Ministry And Ministry, Ordination And Ordination, With Regard To The Nature And Significance Of The Respective Orders Or Ranks.'-- The Deaconess In The Byzantine Tradition / By Cipriano Vagaggini, ; Translated By Carmela Leonforte-plimack With Phyllis Zagano -- The Ordination Of Deaconesses In The Greek And Byzantine Tradition / By Cipriano Vagaggini, ; Translated By Amanda Quantz With Carmela Leonforte. By Cipriano Vagaggini ; Edited By Phyllis Zagano. A Michael Glazier Book. Please Note That The Pieces Here Were Originally Published As Follows: Cipriano Vagaggini, Le Diaconesse Nella Tradizione Greca E Bizantina, Il Regno 32 (1987) 672-673; Cipriano Vagaggini, L'ordinazione Delle Diaconesse Nella Tradizione Greca E Bizantina, Orientale Christiana Periodica 40 (1974) 146-189.--title Page Verso. Includes Bibliographical References. Introduction vii “The Deaconess in the Byzantine Tradition” 1 “The Ordination of Deaconesses in the Greek and Byzantine Tradition” 7 List of Contributors 63