Woman Ordination a no-no for Johannes
Oecolampadius following the Bible
---An article on Johannes Oecolampadius
by a female Mickey L. Mattox at Marquette University (2015) brought more insights into
this Reformer. ---Just like the General Conference
decision three times now in a row, so also was the standpoint of Oecolampadius,
the Reformer already in 1531. ---Oecolampadius was well versed in
Hebrew, Greek and Latin and in 1531 was lecturing on Genesis. ---He focused on the goodness of Eve
(Mattox found). ---He focused on her original equality
with Adam (Mattox found). ---[Of course in Eden it is not
physically equal when she is derived from his rib. She was not from independent
dust] Right? ---Oecolampadius insisted that Eve was
subordinate to her husband after the Fall (Mattox found). ---He had a concept of husband and wife
as partners with equal dignity on the path to salvation (Mattox found). ---He describes that they move in the
direction of a compassionate marriage (Mattox found). ---These views were all expressed also
by the three GC Sessions and decision against Woman Ordination in 2015. ---But a scholar of Johannes
Oecolampadius living in the NAD zone of the General Conference, came to the
conclusion: “it stops short of calling for women’s equality in the public
sphere” = Woman Ordination.
Source: Mickey
Mattox, “Eve in Early Reformation Exegesis: The Case of Iohannes Oecolampadius”Reformation and Renaissance Review, Vol.
17, No. 1 (July 2015): 196-205