The point of the argument?
Mark 15:40-42 There were women watching from a distance, among them Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of the younger James, and Salome. When Jesus was in Galilee, these women followed and *served him, and had come up with him to Jerusalem. *in the Greek - diekonoun - to minister; as the angels ministered in the desert. The root assumed to be from the phrase to be 'covered in dust' as the busy servant, follower or disciple would be; leading to the title of 'deacon'. The only person named as a deacon in scripture is Phoebe (Romans 16:1) Much as I hate to go to the foot of the cross there is something in the air that has brought me back. Recent reports regarding the Vatican and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious has created an incredible air of debate, discussion and argument flying across the airways of social network and blogging sites. The rights (and rites) and wrongs of the Catholic hierarchy is a never-ending debacle of tr...