teachings about women or female characters
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What is the biblical justification for permitting female pastors?
It seems that that 1Timothy 2:12-14 (NASB) says that women shouldn't be pastors. But there are many denominations that allow this.
1 Timothy 2:12-14 (NASB)
12 But I do not allow a woman to ...
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What did Paul mean by “women must be silent in church”?
In the Bible Paul says that women must be silent in churches and ask questions to their husband when they get home.
This is completely ignored in the modern day churches, with many women being ...
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Should women give sermons?
"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let ...
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Why are wives considered the “weaker partner”? (1 Peter 3:7)
In 1 Peter, we read:
1 Peter 3:7 (NIV)
Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the ...
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What roles are women allowed to play in LDS Sunday services?
On a Sunday when a Later Day Saint's Church meets, what roles are women allowed or not allowed to play in the service?
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Why don't women cover their heads?
When I first heard about this, I thought, "oh, this must be from the old testament!" However I was wrong.
1 Corinthians 11:6 NIV
If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair ...
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How can women be forbidden to speak and yet prophesy and speak in tongues?
In 1 Corinthians 14, Paul give forbids women from speaking in church.
1 Corinthians 14 NIV
34 Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to
speak, but must be in ...
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What is the biblical justification for allowing only male pastors? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the biblical justification for permitting female pastors?
What is the biblical justification for allowing only male pastors?
How do churches excluding women ...
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What traditions believe that a woman's relationship with God must go through some man and how do they support it from the Bible?
As the question's title states, some traditions believe that there must be some man between every woman and God, be it her husband or a priest or whoever. What is the Biblical support for this view, ...
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When did female missionaries first start to appear after the reformation?
Assuming prior to the reformation jesuit priests did not bring missionary wives or families along (as they were not married) when did woman become a normal sighting among missionary work around the ...
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Why do women have inferior rights in the Bible? [closed]
The Bible has many parts (in both the Old and New Testaments) that shows the inferior status of women.
Does this come from status in ancient times or does it have another basis?
Why do woman today ...
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Why shouldn't the UK have women bishops?
Just last week in the UK, the Church of England voted on the concept of having women bishops (who would then be eligible for appointment to the House of Lords, but that's not relevant.)
They voted ...
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What did Calvin think about Knox's “Monstrous Regiment”?
Scottish Protestant reformer John Knox (1514-1572) is the author of the work of vile misogyny, The first blast of the trumpet against the monstruous regiment of women (1558). In the book, Knox rails ...
