The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-20
Women to Be Silent.

The Lutheran church teaches that
women must not publicly preach in the
congregation. I: Cor, IA, 81, NLet yonr
women keep silence in the churches: M
soao1. soa u ) Is not permitted unto them to
Concerning the power Of the min.
lister of God to forgive sins the he Imth. % ).
eran church teaches: AS the absolu-
ton reads in our church book: sssAnd
as a minister Of the church of .Iesus
CHRIST, and by his authority, T declare
unto u. you who do truly repent and he-
l9ve lie in Him, the entire forgiveness of
az your sins. In the name Of tbs
HnIH FHaIInefs Ghant ana Of Of the Son, and Of the
The Lutheran church ,considor. 49,
ministerial office as one of sacrifice fnr for
the the Lord: The ministerial gown is ;s
heavy: The cross of Christ mn ;s nas -
always light, but it is a pleasure To he
permitted to carry it for the dear Mas,
Il u. III. Let us cast as glance Il Soma.
OF Ihe views which differ from those
o1 OIL cne Lqth eran church. The Roman
apostles received all the church mower @
from Christ and they have left over
the same in order to their successors
the bishops, and he only who is ordaine9}
by, a bishop is truly "a priest. Their
ofdinatlon} is a sacrament. The same
aoctrlne Is held by the Protestant
Episcopal church with the exception
taat they do not claim the ordination
o oa Inelr priests 3, is q sacrament. Con-
Gernlng the call to the ministry, the
Roman, Greek, Episcopal and s. Meth.
odlst churches teach that the bighons
alone 1 are authorized to call. Only such
are, therefore, rite vocatus. All min.
listers IN all other denominat are.
strictly speaking, not ministers. ) Ger,
ta1nY q Lutheran minister is not con
sldered !, for more than q layman in. the:
eyes OF an Episcopal priest. The
9uakers, on the other hand, claim that
God has never instituted a ministerial
office. He calls directly and imme-
dlately whom, when and where He wills.
men and women. Again Irving taught,
and his followers after him. that =
minister in the church Of God is onlv
such one who is called by prophet
and ordained by bishop. And or
dlnatlon is a sacrament in which the
Holy Ghost is given.
Other Denominations.
The Plymouth Brethren, Shakers and
the Perfectionists hold the same as the
Qaakers. Not only Catholics, Roman
| and Greek, but Episcopalians, Meth
odists, as just mentioned, Presbyter-
ians,. Evangelical Association, United
| Brethren, Mormons and others teach
! that the office Of the ministry is not
of the whole church. Concerning the
call again, notice that the Ouakers.
Socinians, Campbeliites, Plymouth
Brethren, Spiritualists and others per
nit anyone to preach and to teach with
out being. called by the church. Many
organizations within the bounds of
Christianity allow women to teach and
| to preach. How they can read l. Tim
H., II, l2, is hard to understand:
j" Let the woman learn in silence with
all subsection. But I suffer not woman
to teach, nor to usurp authority over
man, but to be in silence.0
t Concerning the forgiving of sins the
Greek and Roman churches claim that
their priests have power to do the
same. "No one can enter heaven il
the gates are not opened by the priests
to whom the chief head Christ has