Article: Patriarchy under threat

That women are an inferior and unworthy species in the context of both their secular existence and their spiritual existence is the only conclusion to be drawn from the decision of the Church in Wales to recommend that the authority and piety of the bishops should not be tainted by the admission into their exulted circle of mere females.

The biblical precedent of patriarchy, as represented by God, Jesus Christ and his disciples, is often quoted as the reason for denying women their spiritual autonomy, but the gospels have always been interpreted in such a way as to favour the agenda of the interpreters themselves, with anyone being able to cite scripture for any purpose he sees fit.

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