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Did Jesus choose only men as apostles simply because of the cultural mores of his era?
What does the phenomenon of women acting as shepherds for a parish flock bode for the role of women in the Church?
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Was Jesus prevented from selecting women as apostles because of the Jewish blood taboo?
What should I say to a priest who refers to God as "he or she"?
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"In the week immediately before Lent everyone shall go to his confessor and confess his deeds and the confessor shall so shrive him as he then may hear by his deeds what he is to do [in the way of penance]."

~ Anglo-Saxon "Ecclesiastical Institutes" translated from Theodulphus by Abbot Aelfric about A.D. 1000; explaining the English term "shrovetide" (from "to shrive", or hear confessions) wherein the religious idea is uppermost; but before long, human nature allowed itself some exceptional licence.