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Women in the Early Church (Nijay Gupta)

The Biblical Mind

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The Role of Rare Words in the Church

The word authority is used hundreds of times in the gospels. Why would Paul use a rare word? Eileen says there's debate over whether it means to have authority in a positive or negative sense. "Women actually want to usurp authority," she argues, not equal power with men.

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