로마가톨릭교회 개혁의 주제, 여성 사제직 (The Quest of the Roman Catholic Church’s Reform: Women’s Priesthood)

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This article has discussed about the following facts: The feminist liberation movement in the 1970’s, since the second wave of feminism in the 1960’s, raised the quest for women’s ecclesial ministry. The quest for women’s ordination became the central issue of Christian women’s liberation movement in the 1970’s. Today many women of the Protestant Churches have been ordained and active in ecclesial ministry. However, several conservative Protestant denominations and Roman Catholic Church do not allow women ordination.
Christianity performed a central role for the formation of the West formally. However, today it is confronted a serious crisis of decline. Nevertheless, the Roman Catholic Church maintains its influence an open the West yet, still being a great Christian Community in the world. Accordingly its necessary reformation would mean a revolution not only for entire Christendom but also for the whole world.
This article has argued how the Catholic Church would solve the central question of women’s ordination for priesthood. The women’s ordination question and the problems of abortion and priestly celibacy may be the most acute issues in the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican Council Ⅱ, 1962-65 promoted by the prominent Pope John ⅩⅩⅢ and other progressive Catholic leaders, is a monumental event, indeed, that has shed light on whole Christendom and the world.
This article has shown how women were and still are excluded historically and theologically from ecclesial leadership and ordination, especially how they have been excluded from the Catholic priesthood and misused in ecclesial affairs for the sake of male dominating ecclesial system. Also this article has tackled the historical facts of the Catholic Church’s arguments and treatments against women and their priestly ordination. In 1960’s American Catholic women began to develop their issues and claim for ordination, under the impact of the Vatican Ⅱ. and Women’s Liberation Movement toward their ecclesial ministry, and in 1975 there occurred a historic event of the Catholic Women’s Ordination Conference in Detroit. However, in 1976, the Vatican authority announced the official denial of women’s ordination, to their great disappointment. Yet the Catholic women penetrated into the problem of their being incorporated in male dominating system of the Catholic celibate priests. The Catholic women, being awakened from their male dominating Catholic structure, began women-Church movement and realized the necessity of changing ecclesial structure and dismantling clericalism.
In the middle of 1990’s the Catholic Church came to put end to the question of women’s ordination. However, non official debates about the issue has become more intensified. The issue of Catholic women’s priestly ordination do remain to be a hot issue, continuing and unquenchable indeed.
The rapid decreasing of male candidates for priesthood and ordained priests have evoked a new occasion for cooperative ecclesial ministry with women. Facing the phenomena today, it seems that the Catholic Church is led to a situation of making a new decision now, and this article has suggested that the Catholic Church has to decide positively toward women’s priestly ordination, in order to reform the hierarchical structure and to perform a revolution of Christendom and the unjust world toward the coming of the righteous Kingdom of God.

영어초록

This article has discussed about the following facts: The feminist liberation movement in the 1970’s, since the second wave of feminism in the 1960’s, raised the quest for women’s ecclesial ministry. The quest for women’s ordination became the central issue of Christian women’s liberation movement in the 1970’s. Today many women of the Protestant Churches have been ordained and active in ecclesial ministry. However, several conservative Protestant denominations and Roman Catholic Church do not allow women ordination.
Christianity performed a central role for the formation of the West formally. However, today it is confronted a serious crisis of decline. Nevertheless, the Roman Catholic Church maintains its influence an open the West yet, still being a great Christian Community in the world. Accordingly its necessary reformation would mean a revolution not only for entire Christendom but also for the whole world.
This article has argued how the Catholic Church would solve the central question of women’s ordination for priesthood. The women’s ordination question and the problems of abortion and priestly celibacy may be the most acute issues in the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican Council Ⅱ, 1962-65 promoted by the prominent Pope John ⅩⅩⅢ and other progressive Catholic leaders, is a monumental event, indeed, that has shed light on whole Christendom and the world.
This article has shown how women were and still are excluded historically and theologically from ecclesial leadership and ordination, especially how they have been excluded from the Catholic priesthood and misused in ecclesial affairs for the sake of male dominating ecclesial system. Also this article has tackled the historical facts of the Catholic Church’s arguments and treatments against women and their priestly ordination. In 1960’s American Catholic women began to develop their issues and claim for ordination, under the impact of the Vatican Ⅱ. and Women’s Liberation Movement toward their ecclesial ministry, and in 1975 there occurred a historic event of the Catholic Women’s Ordination Conference in Detroit. However, in 1976, the Vatican authority announced the official denial of women’s ordination, to their great disappointment. Yet the Catholic women penetrated into the problem of their being incorporated in male dominating system of the Catholic celibate priests. The Catholic women, being awakened from their male dominating Catholic structure, began women-Church movement and realized the necessity of changing ecclesial structure and dismantling clericalism.
In the middle of 1990’s the Catholic Church came to put end to the question of women’s ordination. However, non official debates about the issue has become more intensified. The issue of Catholic women’s priestly ordination do remain to be a hot issue, continuing and unquenchable indeed.
The rapid decreasing of male candidates for priesthood and ordained priests have evoked a new occasion for cooperative ecclesial ministry with women. Facing the phenomena today, it seems that the Catholic Church is led to a situation of making a new decision now, and this article has suggested that the Catholic Church has to decide positively toward women’s priestly ordination, in order to reform the hierarchical structure and to perform a revolution of Christendom and the unjust world toward the coming of the righteous Kingdom of God.

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