A Quote by David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes

The question of whether women should be made bishops once they had been ordained is absolutely pivotal. It seems to me absolute nonsense for women to be ordained to the priesthood but not to the episcopacy because the two are inextricably linked.

David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes

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David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes
English - Priest
Born: April 14, 1940

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Greg Boyle

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Franz Kafka

When you peel back the layers of the anti-choice motivation, it always comes back to two things: What is the nature and purpose of human sexuality? And second, what is the role of women in the world? Sex and the role of women are inextricably linked, because if you can separate sex from procreation, you have given women the ability to participate in society on an equal basis with men.

Gloria Feldt

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Sheri L. Dew

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Desmond Tutu

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Dallin H. Oaks

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Octave Feuillet

At last the best of artisans ordained that that creature to whom He had been able to give nothing proper to himself should have joint possession of whatever had been peculiar to each of the different kinds of being.

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

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Golda Meir

For the marriage bed ordained by fate for men and women is stronger than an oath and guarded by Justice.

Aeschylus

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Pope Benedict XIV

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