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This book reveals exciting early Christian evidence that Mary was remembered as a powerful role model for women leaders—women apostles, baptizers, and presiders at the ritual meal. Early Christian art portrays Mary and other women clergy serving as deacon, presbyter/priest, and bishop. In addition, the two oldest surviving artifacts to depict people at an altar table inside a real church depict women and men in a gender-parallel liturgy inside two of the most important churches in Christendom—Old Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome and the second Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. Dr. Kateusz’s research brings to light centuries of censorship, both ancient and modern, and debunks the modern imagination that from the beginning only men were apostles and clergy.
- Book Title Mary and Early Christian Women
- Book Subtitle Hidden Leadership
- Authors Ally Kateusz
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11111-3
- Copyright Information The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
- License CC BY-NC-ND
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
- eBook Packages Religion and Philosophy Philosophy and Religion (R0)
- Hardcover ISBN 978-3-030-11110-6
- eBook ISBN 978-3-030-11111-3
- Edition Number 1
- Number of Pages XVII, 295
- Number of Illustrations 20 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
- Topics Christian Theology
Feminist Theology
Biblical Studies
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