Olympias of Constantinople: Deaconess and Chrysostom’s Friend
Olympias was a determined woman who renounced her aristocratic lifestyle to serve the church. She was an ordained deaconess and Chrysostom’s close friend.
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by Marg | Jul 25, 2019 | All Posts on Equality, Church History, Early Church Women, Women in Ministry | 10
Olympias was a determined woman who renounced her aristocratic lifestyle to serve the church. She was an ordained deaconess and Chrysostom’s close friend.
Read Moreby Marg | Feb 1, 2019 | All Posts on Equality, Church History, Early Church Women, Women in Ministry | 2
Marcella of Rome (325–410), a friend of Jerome, dedicated herself and her considerable talents and resources to serving the church and helping the poor. Here’s some information about this remarkable woman.
Read Moreby Marg | May 7, 2018 | All Posts on Equality, Church History, Early Church Women | 5
Judith, Thecla, and Catherine of Alexandria are three heroines whose stories of conviction and courage are part of our history and heritage.
Read Moreby Marg | Jul 29, 2017 | All Posts on Equality, Church History | 1
Aemilia Lanyer was an English author and a professing Christian. She advocated for equality and freedom for women in a poem which was published in 1611.
Read Moreby Marg | Jan 20, 2016 | All Posts on Equality, Church History, Women in Ministry | 0
Selina Hastings, the Countess of Huntingdon, was a tireless leader and an influential benefactor of the Methodist movement in Britain in the 1700s.
Read Moreby Marg | Apr 9, 2015 | All Posts on Equality, Church History | 9
In this article Rob Dixon writes about the egalitarian views of Count Zinzendorf (b.1700) who once stated “If we put women in the corner we will lose a jewel.”
Read Moreby Marg | May 2, 2014 | Church History, Early Church Women, Women in Ministry | 0
A post about female martyrs in the early church, including Blandina and Perpetua: “those who have conformed themselves to Christ, even in death.”
Read Moreby Marg | Dec 11, 2013 | All Posts on Equality, Bible Translation and Interpretation, Church History, Women in Ministry | 1
Most modern translations of the New Testament rely on the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament. One of the editors of recent editions of this Greek New Testament is scholar Barbara Aland. This article provides a brief history of the Nestle-Aland text and a brief biography of Barbara Aland.
Read Moreby Marg | Jan 14, 2012 | All Posts on Equality, Church History, Early Church Women, Women in Ministry | 6
Nino (also known as Saint Nina) was a remarkable woman who brought Christianity to Iberia (present-day Georgia) way back in the 300s. She is regarded as “Equal to the Apostles” by the Orthodox Church.
Read Moreby Marg | Jun 10, 2011 | All Posts on Equality, Church History, Women in Ministry | 18
Phoebe Palmer was the most influential woman in the American Methodist Church at a time when it was the largest Christian denomination in America. Her adult life was full of astonishing achievements in ministry.
Read Moreby Marg | Sep 2, 2010 | All Posts on Equality, Church History, Women in Ministry | 4
Catherine of Siena ministered to souls blighted by poverty, injustice and disease. Her influence also reached the highest echelons of both civil and church politics in late medieval Italy
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