Sue

Thank you for the show of solidarity but I would like to clear something up. I do not believe that I was asked to be quiet because I am a woman. In fact, I notice that many women comment on that blog. Rather, I was asked to be quiet because they disagreed with what I was saying. Quite frankly this is within their rights.

It has been a good lesson for me in learning to submit without actually feeling that by submitting I am therefore of lower rank than men in either essence or function. I have agreed to certain conditions. Although I am not exactly sure if I have kept them all, they have allowed me to continue to post. I appreciate that.

I am very interested in how your debate unfolds here but I will watch only. I am not an expert in the history of the church’s view on hierarchy in the trinity. To me it seems a very complex matter.