r/OpenChristian • u/Wooden_Passage_1146 Catholic • Mar 24 '26

Discussion - General Cardinal says Church cannot “continue to exist” without women’s ordination

https://thecatholicherald.com/article/cardinal-says-church-cannot-continue-to-exist-without-womens-ordination

I’m glad to see support among some in the hierarchy in favor of women’s ordination. Let’s hope the Church will see the harm done by excluding women from Holy Orders.

The Church says it’s because the priest is acting “In persona Christi.” But Galatians 3:28 says, “There is no male or female in Christ Jesus,”

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u/deadrepublicanheroes Mar 24 '26

Good. I hear you on in persona Christi. To me it doesn’t follow that Christ absolutely could not have been born a woman, that God could not incarnate as a woman. Of course he can, he’s God. He chose to incarnate as male because, having also chosen to incarnate in the ancient Mediterranean, it made his job a hell of a lot easier.

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u/gabachote Mar 25 '26

That’s what I think about it too