and Women Preach.
It was significant that the Pope playfully put his Yamulka (there is a latin term for the ones priests wear)- on a young girl. There is a serious discussion regarding whether women should become Deacons and they are being championed by Cardinals in Germany. Signs and signals are important and it is a good brave one.
But its not necessary to turn women into men clerics to allow them to teach, preach or baptize. You don't have to dress women up like men clerics to make them clerical or invest them with functions that the Holy Spirit has gifted them as having already.
When women started being lawyers in white shoe firms the men thought they should look like them so they wore male looking suits with skirts and shirts that had built in bow tieable ties. Then the wardrobe started looking decided more feminine- Chanel even. Because there is nothing about 'lawyer' that is intrinsically male either. Its just convention- tradition. Something old men judges are use to seeing.
In England Judges wear white curly long haired wigs signifying I suppose gray haired wisdom. They are a mandatory part of the uniform with the black robes. There is nothing distinctively male or female
about judging- no need to dress like Eddie Izzard. Its just convention.
What can a woman Deacon look like? She can look like herself. If she is outside preaching she can preach with an Easter Bonnet on for all anyone should care. If she is inside she can wear her hair in a french twist or sport a bandana for all anyone should care. Its about the message not the head covering.
If one must cover their heads in church, then use your hair. Or if you prefer being more formal,
use a black lace veil or a Jackie O pillbox hat. No one cares. The point is that what is on your head
doesn't affect what comes out of your mouth. And wearing a yamulka or not isn't what makes you smart or holy.
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