This new edition of The Ordained Women Deacons of the Church's First Millennium is a groundbreaking book presenting fresh historical evidence of the sacramental ordination of women as deacons during the first nine centuries of the Christian church. Recent discoveries reveal the high status in which women deacons were held and a wealth of detail about their lives, and underline the importance of this latent and dynamic tradition for today's debates over the ordination of women as priests and bishops.
