Ryrie, Charles Caldwell, 1925-,

The role of women in the church / [print] Charles Ryrie. - second edition. - Nashville, Tennessee : B and H Academic, (c)2011. - xvi, 252 pages ; 22 cm.



Foreword Backgrounds -- part1. The effect of the life of our Lord on the status of women. The mother of our Lord -- The attitude of Jesus toward women -- Women ministering to Jesus -- Jesus' teaching on divorce -- part 2. The role of women in the life of the church during the apostolic age. Women and the founding of the church -- The domestic status of women -- The place of women in church life -- part 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 -- The Alexandrian fathers -- The African fathers -- The third-century church orders -- Conclusions. Dorothy Patterson --



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Women in Christianity--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Women in church work--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

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