The role of women in the church
By: Charles C. Ryrie
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: B & H Academic; B&H Publishing Group; B&H Academic
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781433673801
Subjects: Women in Christianity; Women in church work; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Dorothy Patterson; title: Backgrounds; title: pt.1. The effect of the life of our Lord on the status of women. The mother of our Lord; title: The attitude of Jesus toward women; title: Women ministerring to Jesus; title: Jesus' teaching on divorce; title: pt. 2. The role of women in the life of the church during the apostolic age. Women and the founding of the church; title: The domestic status of women; title: The place of women in church life; title: pt. 3. The status of women in the life of the church during the second and third centuries. The age of the apostolic fathers and apologists; title: The Alexandrian fathers; title: The African fathers; title: The third-century church orders; title: Conclusions.