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Isn’t the Church Sexist?| National Catholic Register
Chris StefanickBlogsOctober 30, 2021
“There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church — which is, of course, quite a different thing.” —Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
Many wrongly think the absence of women priests is because of sexism. While it’s possible to find sexism in the Church — as in any organization in history — that’s not the reason, unless we think our Lord was sexist! Which he clearly wasn’t.
In this video, I offer my best guess as to why Jesus chose only men for the priesthood. Though at the end of the day, my guess doesn’t matter. Sacraments are gifts we receive from God, NOT things we make ourselves. And we follow him.
“Different but equal” is the religious relabel of Plessy v Fergusson, and it shines clearly through the words of Paul, Tertullian, Augustine, Aquinas, and pretty much the entire church since A.D. 100. The only reason the church is on the defensive about sexism now is because post-Christians are the only ones who took up the idea of women having the dignity that a man could have including being ordained leadership (like Phœbe and Priscilla before the presbytery became its own priesthood) over men when they are qualified to do so.
Sexism is disqualifying someone from a job they are equipped to perform because of their sex. Disqualifying women from the priesthood who would nevertheless be qualified for priesthood is sexism.