---
title: 'Shall Women Be Licensed to Preach?'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Sr.'
date: 1888-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Theology'
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Daniel 12'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/van-dyke-1888-shall-women-be-licensed-to-preach
---

# Shall Women Be Licensed to Preach?

A review of theological progress followed by an essay opposing licensing women to preach, defending traditional church order, gender roles, and historical-theological arguments.

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