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MineralMan

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1. While that is true in some Protestant

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 07:03 PM

Oct 2018

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denominations, those denominations make up a small minority of Christians, worldwide. The RCC, the largest single denomination of all, has zero women in its clergy. Many other denominations, including some large protestant and most Orthodox ones, also do not allow women as clergy.

So, the increase is limited by those factors. Women make up only a small minority of Christian clergy.

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While that is true in some Protestant MineralMan Oct 2018 #1