“Sorry Louie, gonna have to agree with this.”
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I only posited that Paul designated a woman as deacon, which he did. It’s pretty clear in the cited passage.
“NOT part of the Holy Order.”
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The idea of a “Holy Order” (or holy orders) wasn’t around among the early Christians. They wouldn’t recognize what organized religion has developed into and organized religion would be equally befuddled by the practices of the first Christians.
People within the various denominations have an understandable, but incorrect, notion that things have always been as they are now - and each one figures they’ve hit on the the “true way”. Again, understandable - who would want be part of something that they thought was doing things wrong?
You are incorrect my friend.
We will pray for you and those who follow you.