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Gnostics & Orthodox Christians
Title: Gnostics & Orthodox Christians
Category: History
Details: Words: 1023 | Pages: 4.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Gnostics & Orthodox Christians
Gnostics & Orthodox Christians
“It is not permitted for a woman to speak in the church, nor is it permitted for her to teach, nor baptize, nor to offer the eucharist, nor to claim for herself a share in any masculine function-least of all, in priestly office” (p.155). In the beginning of Christianity this was not the view towards women and even today’s modern times many of these restrictions against women have been removed. Orthodox …showed first 75 words of 1023 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1023 total…Christ the orthodox were able to suppress the Gnostics and do away with all their philosophies. If it were not for the finding of the Secret Books we would never have known that some people had different views about the roles of women in church. The orthodox way of Christianity prevailed over the Gnostics and is the way we think and worship today but there are some signs of Gnosticism in the way we worship.
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