the ordination of women
noun /ði ˌɔːdɪneɪʃn əv ˈwɪmɪn/
/ði ˌɔːrdɪneɪʃn əv ˈwɪmɪn/
[uncountable]- the process of admitting women as priests in the Church. The Roman Catholic Church does not allow women to be priests, but the Church of England and the rest of the Anglican Communion around the world now does. The first women were ordained in 1974 as priests in the Episcopal Church in the US, where there has also been a female bishop since 1989. In Britain, the Church of England decided at a meeting of the General Synod in 1985 to allow women to become deacons (= junior priests). Full ordination was allowed from 1992, and the first women became priests in 1994. These decisions were strongly opposed by many people, especially Anglo-Catholics and evangelicals. In 2014 the General Synod voted to allow women to become bishops.
妇女的任命：在教会中接纳妇女为祭司的过程。罗马天主教堂不允许妇女担任教士，但现在英格兰教会和世界各地的圣公会都允许这样做。1974年，第一批妇女在美国的圣公会教堂被任命为神父，自1989年以来，那里还有一位女主教。在英国，英格兰教会在1985年的一次总会会议上决定允许妇女成为执事。从1992年起允许完全任命，并于1994年使第一批妇女成为司铎。这些决定遭到许多人的强烈反对，尤其是盎格鲁天主教徒和福音派。2014年，总主教大会投票通过允许妇女成为主教。