2026-10-02T01:26:19Zhttps://iarccum.org/oai/oai:iarccum.org:doc/6062026-08-22T21:34:37ZdocumentsViews on the Ordination of WomenFr. Herve-Marie Legrand, OPMinistryOrdinationThere is no consensus as yet in the Roman Catholic community on the question of women's ordination, says the Rev. Herve-Marie Legrand, O.P. Pope Paul VI has expressed his opposition to the ordination of women. But the "doctrinal authority of the church has not pronounced definitively on the subject," Legrand says, "and so the Catholic debate remains an open one." Legrand, as a member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Working Group for Western Europe, developed a paper reviewing the state of the question in the Catholic community on women's ordination. The paper was originally presented in Nov. 1975.
Does scripture rule out the ordination of women? What are the positions of contemporary theologians regarding women's ordination? What are the ecumenical dimensions of the question? What are some problems that might arise from the ordination of women? What role should pastoral considerations play? Those are among questions Legrand explores in his discussion. For many people, Legrand notes, the ordination of women would be a welcome event. For others, however, "this whole question causes concern and a certain amount of disquiet." He adds: there are women on both sides of the question. Legrand is a theologian at Le Saulchoir — the Dominican house of studies at the Institute Catholique in Paris. His paper follows.1977-01-06Texttext/htmlapplication/pdfhttps://iarccum.org/doc/606CFR-RC-52 (pp. 39-48)https://iarccum.org/doc/606enMisc : Miscellaneous documents : Lectures & papershttps://iarccum.org/doc/678