ordination
Joshua P. Steele (opens on the publisher’s site)
joshuapsteele.com
Why this topic matches
- declared “Ordination” via Article tag Source page (opens on the publisher’s site)
- declared “Ordination” via Article tag Source page (opens on the publisher’s site)
- declared “Ordination” via Article tag Source page (opens on the publisher’s site)
- declared “Ordination” via Article tag Source page (opens on the publisher’s site)
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Am I still a priest? I left the ACNA in 2023. Just received my Letters Dimissory. But I still can’t decide if ordination conferred something real and permanent, or if it was only ever a jurisdictional authorization. What say you? https://joshuapsteele.com/am-i-still-a-priest/
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Working through the theology of Holy Orders after receiving my Letters Dimissory from the ACNA.
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Is there a difference between resigning from ministry and renouncing Holy Orders?
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A female ACNA priest makes the case for 'dual integrities'—why she supports those who disagree with her in the Anglican debate over women's ordination.
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A deacon's rare confession: I've felt called to priesthood but cannot pursue it. A plea for charity in women's ordination debates.
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On the predictable 'don't stir the pot' reaction whenever Anglican Compass publishes anything favoring women's ordination.
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Aaron Harrison argues that baptism, slavery, martyrdom, and the priesthood of Christ reshape Anglican debates over women's ordination.
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Emily McGowin's rejoinder to Blake Johnson and Lee Nelson, clarifying her critique of the *in persona Christi* argument against women's ordination.
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Challenging the false claim that mutualists ignore Scripture and tradition in women's ordination debates.
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Video from my ordination to the priesthood, including Bishop Todd Hunter's sermon on loving enemies.
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Reflections on the eve of priestly ordination, transitioning from deacon to priest in service of Christ's Church.
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Posting the ACNA priestly ordination vows and exhortation before ordination, as a public record of the commitments involved.
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Over on his blog, “Non Sermoni Res,” Dr. William Witt has written several excellent essays on the topic of women’s ordination.
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Emily McGowin argues against the 'in persona Christi' argument against women's ordination.
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Geoffrey Turner argues the New Testament has four (even five) distinct kinds of priesthood—and why conflating them muddies debates like women's ordination.
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A summary and reading list about women's ordination debates within Anglicanism.
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A starter set of resources for understanding women's ordination debates within Anglicanism—which often look quite different from the same debates in other traditions.
