Religion: Pastoresses?

If grim old John Knox ever turned in his grave, last week he turned again. For no less Presbyterian a person than Dr. Cleland Boyd McAfee, Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, wrote with at least an open mind to his 10,000 pastors on the question of admitting women to preach and hold high office in the Presbyterian Church.

Said the letter: "No theological issue is involved. No change is suggested in our confession of faith. . . . No one suggests that women shall be ministers or ruling elders whether they will or...

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