Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: conan@lipton.berkeley.edu (David Cruz-Uribe) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: ambitious women may approach the altar now ... Message-ID: Date: 23 May 91 00:43:00 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: U.C. Berkeley Math. Department. Lines: 15 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article jhpb@garage.att.com (Joseph H Buehler) writes: >I frankly do not think there are any Catholics present who are competent >to defend the idea that women should be ordained. To deal adequately >with the issue requires training far above and beyond anything that a >layman is likely to possess, at the very least. Ignoring the actual discussion in progress, I find this to be an amazingly presumptuous statement. There are many extraordinarily talented lay theologians--to the best of my understanding, theological knowledge is not one of the charisms of ordinatiion. Yours in Christ, David Cruz-Uribe, SFO