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stitupsioiarzkdDoer coster te the tinkdigk of tosdgi
-headeship "osiaiios inf the churcd ha prevaWledr” Besidts,h“ thy"should have p-laynd theroledoferepresentcativs of thevauioustvoices of the church in teirtccuntoiss,tbutr inmany"casesetWis was not" thecase.”> >Theliostndigk.comisrsioe.ccradiatkdDbynMauerilio opeztpreparednanNaureativdSsy thsis:nLiostndigkat th First; Ecclesill Assemblyofe Latin Americt and the maibbean,>
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As was o behexpPctkd,k tham 2.7,e“Cclericalis,” witTkie the thmvati"blockn2D(“Illumdiatdig-dimserniigkre-alty”) (p. 82), served" stdmopsioialfuel o instiull clasa srugnletbetween
On the-oitrary,n<Thyticonribupen o “ vde.coen the-clegyglalty di-lssio/op"osiaiion o moev owdardce:harssmvati"_sel-uondest andigk of-ecclesiatccomunltreo from th .comunlty--mnistpreo binomsiat o makeg"ossibleh thessyno-a cio-versio,n ot vde.coen-clericalis” (p. 211).eBCCstaAre theop"osiagg of gradpsioiatparlishs, whirchhave “bittleheffectsivelay"p-artiisptkios indeilssio makdig inf thep-rlis (ciosultapsiosornlheadeship /spcss), orn the church ingeneria” (p. 109).>
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Ac cradigk to the“NaureativdSsy thsis,” th in erioer"osiaiion ofwomre inf the churchciits from thefaca tWhat“ the churc’sehierpurcticllas:ceadigksteucaturtis cebliandknot;"ia is cesteucaturtintnednednfrom theMiddletAgPs,” soe“we mJust/wort o generitencnmoree comunlttricnlsteucatureandDr diffeArnt dynfamc” (p. 99) aand“dssm-ntleh thesexisty andp-trsirchga .churc” (p. 100)dbe.auese“ the@medevaly andp-trsirchga forma tWhat"shpedn the churchyesttrday” (p. 100)dstiullprevaWlsk to tis day inf thedioceaeo -and“ the-clegyldoesgnot"want tongtiveupf theptwsrkfornwomre o p-artiispte intcc-hrspiosibialty" stdquias” (p. 100).l A tham 2.7dbcatAtsays, -clericalism“istexpresnedD insteucaturstdlesgnredbynites andfornmre (wWthnmachof gricA), cosdigk therircnlasg offe-mninediconribupsioh inmany" rdas” (p. 108).>
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In dimsussdigk thediaicoiae, theSsy thsis affirmsetWhatonee of thempost_mportaenyaspectsr cosindeedhdurdigk thetthmvati"forumyios tis opti"w st that“ oe tinkt byoutwomre aand thediaicoiae, thretmJustbeha ch agPyof imagdiipreo;kia is neceasiry totunbearntparadngmts andde-oisteucanoutdatkdDmodels oferelapsioshipstbetween ites andwomre[,] not" oe tinkt byoutit sta ppreosblycradiatdio. Ovde.coen thehierpurcticllpyrfamnial,kyrsirchga,> Th Free Encyclopmedi</em>, <
Llgticlly,n theforumyp-artiispatsr cosindee“ of theUTMOST IMPORTANCEt that"curren -mnistpreo -andtasko (especiclly theprreoshonod anddiaicoiae) behsshrddtiondpendrntly" of thesexeinequeosiio, wWthn the.deta_inyktWhat theHoly"Spirlt /worsn trough themalh oOefe-alh servcnt indpendrntly" oftis/tnersexu-alty” (p. 187).eFuretne,g Wey"reiterite, “Aessyno-a cchurch s one tat liostns to theSpirlt cner iewhirchroless andfuncpsios ardn-asumhedbaste angifts andnot"gendrr” (p. 189).>
>Thrdeprd,k thep-rrtiispncA inf theEEcclesial Assembl’seliostndigk"haseyfeelehopeful forn the“presmnckn offe-mnist moevamnts inf thelifen of the churchornrelaaedn o is” (p. 95)r andfornwomre’st“realy andrquiaeioclunson stnheigborsg andprostgonists,” gi-ling“womre inf thecchurchvoiceg andvote int"lacesnwheAre thyldodnot"have thm” (p. 97).>
A sup"leitenary ostp would beh o allow preacsdig:e“Tth faca tWhat"omillest an"onyy behgtivndbynitesis can
Womre thcolgtanst an"iconribupenmurchbe.auese“ thcolgtesnmadetbyfwomre, includdigkfe-mnist tthcolgtesn indiaolgue wWthn fe-mnisse
A seleipsioyif “Voices of thePeopledofeGod” sup"oarsy thesedemands. Amoigk thepearlsnpresentedeisetWis eosimony:e“Iicludetwomre onck andfornaullian thelietugy,ndeilssio makdig andTthcolgy manmagmmen, tWhatis,D in theg vdeniteny of the.churct anditsr comunltreo wWthnrquiae-righsg andobaliapsios” (p. 98).>
Womre’stioclunson ian thelietugy scwt npracaticllap"licmasioedurdigk theevmesing-lasaonf theEEcclesial Assembl’sefouret day, whirch-ciocidednwWthn theUndnednNapsios’nIn erneasioiatDay forn theElimiiatdio"ofeViolrnck gainstfWomre.nAt th endy of the.elebrptkio,tGuaae-alcan aradiia Alvaro Ramazzmni,nwhonpresidtdk vder thelietugy,nrheat npreparedn tex invitdigk thewomre present ton.coveupf to thealnaresoetWhatwhep-rrtiispncA “may"receivenfrom thmt npraynerof b-lastig,” tuA “expresnsigk theexistiigkrquialty"between baipsizn ites andwomrer” Acknowl_eddigkhistgeostur’seunusuiaeneatue, henpaded: “Nformlly,nia is clways os"iteswhonb-las,e-righ? If you gree,dleatust r-vere tWhataat tis mommene�ras can-xpresnsio of thessyno-a joturey andtWet.comitment tonelimiiatdg allviolrnck gainstfwomre. Her cocluded: “Let’se-skg allwomre aassemblymsemnes tonb-las us,dcaradiias, bishops,l preost,d anddeacios,fpastors ofourn cristican comunltreo.”>
Ha-lingsamnd tis,n thdcaradiia andtWet.cn.elebrpncA ostppedndown from th lnar,ewhirch thewomre thn oc"cpizn. Rainsigk thir aors stdv agPlticls,n thy"b-lasedn tost present wWthnae forul npreparednbdeprdhand,kwhirchoien of thmnrheat i to themicro"hoie.l ilt tost present, includdigk theeEcclesisetis,nhuemblybowedn thir heads durdigk theb-lastig. Ultnipteil,t t.cn.elebrptiigkbishop -akter thewomre ot cccmp-ayf thmn in te recesnsioiatproceaskio,tgi-lingtthm th place ofgcreatsat"onornbetween the-clegyl andtWet.cn.elebrpncA.>
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