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title: 'On the Status of Women in the Church'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James Isaac Vance'
date: 1955-10-17
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Hermeneutics'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 16'
- 'Acts 18'
- 'Philippians 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/vance-1955-on-the-status-of-women-in-the-church
---

# On the Status of Women in the Church

1955 Presbyterian Tribune review of historical Presbyterian debates on women’s place in the church, citing General Assembly rulings and New Testament texts (Romans, Acts, Philippians).

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