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To: Aliska
Only men were given the privilege of writing scripture. Only men are given the privilege of writing encyclicals. Only men can administer the sacraments.

Administration of the Church and the priesthood is not the same as having a gift of the Holy Spirit.

In the scriptures, only Jesus had that gift as far as I can tell.

A woman (the Virgin Mary) bore the Redeemer and proclaimed His nature at His conception. A woman (the prophetess Anna) recognized the Savior at His Presentation in the Temple. A woman (Mary Magdalene) was the first to see the Risen Savior and proclaim the Resurrection to the disbelieving Apostles. The daughters of Phillip were said to be prophetesses.

The Catholic Church has had a multitude of female saints and mystics for 2000 years. Read Romans and Corinthians. Gender and the priesthood have never been a prerequiste for gifts of the Holy Spirit. Neither does Scripture teach that.

I'm not sure that women spoke in tongues back when that gift was genuine.

There is nothing in Scripture to support this belief. In fact, it is quite the opposite.

44 posted on 06/06/2003 8:36:21 PM PDT by Canticle_of_Deborah
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To: Canticle_of_Deborah
It's not just administration of the church; it's also deciding what is right and wrong in matters of faith and morals, as guided by the Holy Spirit. Women have NEVER been allowed to make those determinations. True, all are supposed to have the gift, but not all receive the same gifts in the same measure.

None of those things you mentioned involves the reading of souls, although what you say is true otherwise.

The scripture is largely silent as to exactly how and to wom the specific gifts are distributed.

There is nothing in scripture to support that women did speak in tongues. It's pretty generic and vague on that point. I can't be sure one way or the other from my reading of scripture. If you know a specific scripture concerning women and spiritual gifts other than prophecy (on occasion women did have that gift such as Anna in the temple) and other than the ones you mentioned, please cite it.

A lot of the women saints would be considered mentally ill today and no one would put much credence on what they said and did, holy as they may have been otherwise.

45 posted on 06/06/2003 8:52:05 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: Canticle_of_Deborah; Aliska
**Gender and the priesthood have never been a prerequiste for gifts of the Holy Spirit.**

Which we received at Confirmation. Both female and male recive this sacrament!
72 posted on 06/06/2003 10:40:22 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Canticle_of_Deborah
Maybe that is the upside to having all those female hormones.
85 posted on 06/07/2003 1:11:15 AM PDT by oceanperch (This little lite of mine I'm gonna let it shine)
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