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Samenvatting
- The Catholic Church ordains only men. Canon 1024 says that “a baptized male alone receives sacred ordination validly,” and the Catechism says the same (Catechism 1577).
- In het Ordinatio Sacerdotalis (1994) John Paul II wrote that the Church “has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women,” and in 1995 the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith called the teaching infallible.
- The Church rests the rule on Christ choosing twelve men as apostles, on its own constant practice, and on the priest acting in the person of Christ at Mass.
- A Vatican commission’s report, published in 2025, ruled out women deacons as a degree of Holy Orders but said that judgment is not yet definitive, as it is for priests.
- Under a 2007 decree, a woman who attempts ordination and anyone who attempts to ordain her are automatically excommunicated.
- Many Anglican, Lutheran and Methodist churches ordain women, while the Eastern Orthodox Church does not.
Bibliografie (Klik om te tonen)
- Bijbelcitaten uit de English Standard Version (Lucas 6:12–13; 8:1–3; 24:9–10; Handelingen 1:21–26; 18:26; Romeinen 16:1, 7; 1 Korintiërs 14:34; Galaten 3:28; 1 Timoteüs 2:12) en de New International Version (Romeinen 16:7, “voortreffelijk onder de apostelen”).
- Wetboek van Canoniek Recht, canon 1024. https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib4-cann998-1165_en.html
- Catechismus van de Katholieke Kerk, paragrafen 1577–1578. https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P4X.HTM
- Johannes Paulus II, Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, 22 mei 1994. https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1994/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_19940522_ordinatio-sacerdotalis.html
- Congregatie voor de Geloofsleer, Inter Insigniores, 15 oktober 1976. https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19761015_inter-insigniores_en.html
- Congregatie voor de Geloofsleer, Responsum ad propositum dubium concerning Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, 28 oktober 1995. https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19951028_dubium-ordinatio-sac_en.html
- Congregatie voor de Geloofsleer, Algemeen decreet betreffende het delict van de poging tot heilige wijding van een vrouw, 19 december 2007. https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20071219_attentata-ord-donna_en.html
- Franciscus, persconferentie op de vlucht terug uit Rio de Janeiro, 28 juli 2013. https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/july/documents/papa-francesco_20130728_gmg-conferenza-stampa.html
- Franciscus, Spiritus Domini, 10 januari 2021. https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/motu_proprio/documents/papa-francesco-motu-proprio-20210110_spiritus-domini.html
- “Petrocchi-commissie zegt nee tegen vrouwelijk diaconaat, hoewel oordeel niet definitief is,” Vatican News, december 2025. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2025-12/petrocchi-commission-female-diaconate-no-judgment-not-definitive.html
- Eerste Concilie van Nicaea, canon 19, en Concilie van Chalcedon, canon 15, in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, tweede serie, vol. 14. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm en https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3811.htm
- “Traditie en de wijding van vrouwen,” rapport gepresenteerd op het congres van 1997 van de Catholic Theological Society of America. https://natcath.org/NCR_Online/documents/ctsa1.htm
- Pew Research Center, “De meeste Amerikaanse katholieken zeggen dat ze willen dat de Kerk ‘inclusiever’ wordt,” 30 april 2025. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/04/30/most-us-catholics-say-they-want-the-church-to-be-more-inclusive/
- “Wijding van vrouwen in de Katholieke Kerk,” Wikipedia (Pauselijke Bijbelcommissie, 1976; Roman Catholic Womenpriests; de diaconaatcommissies). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordination_of_women_in_the_Catholic_Church
- “Wijding van vrouwen,” Wikipedia (praktijk van de Church of England, lutherse en oosters-orthodoxe kerken). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordination_of_women
- United Methodist Church, “Waarom wijdt de United Methodist Church vrouwen?” https://www.umc.org/en/content/ask-the-umc-why-does-the-united-methodist-church-ordain-women
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