When Women Were Priests: Women's Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of Their Subordination in - Paperback

by Karen J. Torjesen (Author)

This landmark book reveals not only that women were priests, bishops and prophets in early Christianity, but also how and why they were suppressed. "Compelling, relevant reading".--Ms. magazine.

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This landmark book reveals not only that women were priests, bishops, and prophets in early Christianity, but also how and why they were then suppressed.