The following piece by Nicholas Marinides was originally a talk given at Princeton University to the Florovsky Orthodox Theological Society on December 10, 2011. It followed on a talk given by about the theology of St. Maximus the Confessor. Both were part of a half-day workshop on āAthens vs. Jerusalem,ā intended to allow doctoral students to present their research on Church Fathersā¦
My thoughts below are in response to this fine review article by Fr. David Bissias directed at a recent screed article by Valerie Karras ostensibly seemingly to justify some form of womenās ordination. Iāve read through Fr. Davidās article, and now wish I had Karrasās as well. But in reality I donāt need it, for my thoughts are actually in response toā¦