Day: July 14 2019

Artifacts show that early church women served as clergy

Sarah Mac Donald writes in the National Catholic Reporter about how research of Artifacts show that early church women served as clergy.
“New research recently unveiled in Rome suggests women had a greater role in the early church’s ministries and liturgies than previously thought and were present at church altars as deacons, priests and even bishops.
Ally Kateusz, research associate at the Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research, presented her findings July 2 to the International Society of Biblical Literature, drawing on iconography from ancient Christian art.”

All The World A Thin Place: An Urgent Call for Eco-Theology

Eco-theology is very much in the news – with some treating it with the utmost suspicion. However it is an area where great exploration is taking place. “All The World A Thin Place: An Urgent Call for Eco-Theology” is an essay carried by Progressing Spirit.that gives a taste of some recent thinking in this area.

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