Women Doctors

[popestpiusx]

Because I think the # 33 is cute and should be maintained.

Actually, too tired to get into it right now. I'm going to bed. Good night.

[Guest JeffCR07]

[quote]Well, the problem is if Doctor = Teacher, then it would be bad to have a woman Doctor because Saint Paul says that women cannot be teachers. amarkich references this:

"But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence." I Timothy 2:12.

This would be a problem because it contradicts the Bible, as he said. As the author of this thread points out (apparently from JPII?), the Pope has said:
"Indeed, when the Magisterium proclaims someone a doctor of the Church, it intends to point out to all the faithful, particularly to those who perform in the Church the fundamental service of preaching or who undertake the delicate task of theological teaching and research, that the doctrine professed and proclaimed by a certain person can be a reference point, not only because it conforms to revealed truth, but also because it sheds new light on the mysteries of the faith, a deeper understanding of Christ's mystery."[/quote]

I believe the issue here is less of a theological/ doctrinal one as it is semantical.

When paul spoke of women not being "teachers" I believe he was speaking within the Order of Authority. A woman being a Doctor of the Church, however, would not disrupt or contradict this fact