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As a result they also felt the church should disavow the ordination of wome

I do NOT see anywhere in Scripture where women should take the role of pastor.

I DO SEE in Scripture where women are prohibited from taking the role of pastor.

If you can show from Holy Writ where women can and may be ordained, I will gladly change my position. But, otherwise, HERE I STAND. I CAN DO NO OTHER.

42 posted on 04/03/2014 5:05:10 PM PDT by Jemian
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To: Jemian
But, otherwise, HERE I STAND. I CAN DO NO OTHER.

Hey, that's a Luther quote, you Calvin people can't steal it :-)

P.S. LCMS Lutherans don't ordain women for the pastorate either; it's the paradox of ontological equality and positional hierarchy that the Bible explains in numerous places.

47 posted on 04/03/2014 6:06:27 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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