3.4.2

Question 0

Different Christian attitudes to equal rights for men and women in religion: Protestant Christian

Answer 0

In the bible, St Paul teaches that women should not teach or speak in Church

St Paul also uses the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis to show that men have been given more rights by God because Adam was created first

Although Jesus had women followers, he chose only men as his twelves apostles

It has always been the tradition of the Church that only men should be leaders

Question 1

Different Christian attitudes to equal rights for women in religion: Catholic attitude

Answer 1

The creation story in Genesis 1 says that God created male and female at the same time in his image and therefore of equal status

It is the teaching of the Catholic Catechism that men and women are equal

Only men can be priests because the apostles were all men

Only men can be priests because Jesus was a man

Question 2

Different Christian attitudes to equal rights for women in religion: Protestant Christianity

Answer 2

The creation story in Genesis 1 says that God created male and female at the same time

In some of his letters, Paul teaches that men and women are equal in Christ

There is evidence from the Gospels that Jesus treated women as his equal

There is some evidence that there were women priests in the early church