La questione del diaconato delle donne e lo snodo del 1973

Abstract

The Commission for the Study of the Diaconate of Women looks at the question after the publication of the document on the diaconate elaborated by the ITC (Italian Theological Commission) in 2002. Considering that the historical part of the document on deaconesses is not adequately set out, the positions of the debate which animated the previous ITC in 1973 are reexamined. The enquiry enables the question to be readdressed with a greater awareness of the presuppositions involved.