<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><OAI-PMH xmlns="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/OAI-PMH.xsd"><responseDate>2026-10-04T20:08:42Z</responseDate><request verb="GetRecord" metadataPrefix="oai_dc" identifier="oai:iarccum.org:doc/1491">https://iarccum.org/oai/</request><GetRecord><record><header><identifier>oai:iarccum.org:doc/1491</identifier><datestamp>2026-05-19T21:44:58Z</datestamp><setSpec>documents</setSpec></header><metadata><oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Report of the Sydney Diocesan Doctrine Commission on the Ordination of Women to the Diaconate</dc:title><dc:creator>Sydney Diocesan Doctrine Commission</dc:creator><dc:subject>Ministry</dc:subject><dc:subject>Ordination</dc:subject><dc:description>This report was prepared in response to a request for further comment on the conclusion of the Diocesan Doctrine Commission in 1985 that &quot;we do not consider any Scriptural objections exist to the ordination of women to the Diaconate as described in our formularies&quot;. The report was received by the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney in October 1987.</dc:description><dc:date>1987-07-00</dc:date><dc:type>Text</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format><dc:identifier>https://iarccum.org/doc/1491</dc:identifier><dc:source>https://iarccum.org/doc/1491</dc:source><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:relation>Anglican documents : Reports</dc:relation><dc:relation>https://iarccum.org/doc/1490</dc:relation></oai_dc:dc></metadata></record></GetRecord></OAI-PMH>