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diaconate

[dahy-ak-uh-nit, -nayt] / daɪˈæk ə nɪt, -ˌneɪt /




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LaBeouf‘s management did not respond immediately Friday to The Times’ request for comment about the actor’s alleged intentions to pursue the diaconate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2024

The document noted that “most” of the continent-wide assemblies and “several” bishops conferences called for the diaconate question to be considered by the synod.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

Others, like Erwin Kräutler, Retired Bishop of Xingu Brazil, who helped draft the working document of the synod, have gone further, openly advocating for a female diaconate.

From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2019

I was a seminarian then, and I remember thinking that Paul was deflecting pressures toward a married priesthood—the diaconate was his way of buying time.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 22, 2018

But neither to minister of state, count, nor prince—to no one among the distinguished of the earth—was the honor given of054/50 reviving the female diaconate.

From Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America by Jane M. Bancroft (Jane Marie Bancroft) Robinson


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