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To: american colleen
This statement by you regarding the Church's dogmatism and attitude toward women is only partly true. Of course, to a certain extent the Church is human and its churchmen reflect values that they share with their contemporaries. St. Paul did this when he urged slaves to be obedient to their masters. These are not dogmatic truths of the faith, however. There is no dogma regarding female inferiority, none, zilch. No council or pope ever declared such officially. What Williamson quotes was a minor speech by Pius XII, written by one of his hack speech writers who churn these things out routinely for various occasions. It was not an official Church document.




12 posted on 08/10/2002 5:27:52 AM PDT by ultima ratio
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To: ultima ratio
There is no dogma regarding female inferiority, none, zilch. No council or pope ever declared such officially.

I know that, which is why I posted this:
"It seems, going by this homily, that Bishop Williamson espouses some of the very things that cause some people (especially women) to view the Church as dogmatic and anti-women."

13 posted on 08/10/2002 5:51:01 AM PDT by american colleen
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