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Elizabeth Paul | |
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| Born | February 28, 1927 |
| Died | January 17, 2001 (aged 73) |
| Education |
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| Church | Church of South India |
| Ordained | 6 May 1976 |
Congregations served | Georgetown Church & St. Andrew's Church, Chennai, |
Offices held |
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| Title | Reverend Sister |
Reverend Sister Elizabeth Paul (1927-2001)[1] was the first ordained woman in India[1]. She was a Sister of the Order of Women in the Church of South India who also taught at the United Theological College, Bengaluru.
Beginnings
Elizabeth Paul was born on 28 February 1927[1] in India. She first taught at the C.S.I. Monahan Girls Higher Secondary school in Royapettah, Chennai. Paul also oversaw the Gnanodaya Teacher Training Institute in St. Thomas Mount, Chennai[1].
Paul was sent for studies to the Selly Oak Colleges in Birmingham during the academic year 1961-1962 after which she became a Tutor at Carey Hall at Selly Oak Colleges[1].
In 1964-1965 she returned to Chennai and was made the Director of Christa Seva Vidhyalaya[2], a missionary training centre founded in 1945 located in the Women's Christian College, Chennai[1].
Divinity
Studies
While Elizabeth Paul served as Director of Christa Seva Vidhyalaya in Chennai, she registered as an external candidate to pursue the graduate course of Bachelor of Divinity (B.D.) with the Senate of Serampore College (University)[1].
Sisterhood and Ordination
The Order of Sisters in the Church of South India was founded in the year 1952[3] . Bishop Kenneth E. Gill remarks that it was a religious order for women missionaries, teachers and nurses from many traditions who wished to live by a simple rule[3] . In 1966, Elizabeth Paul joined the Order of Sisters in the Church of South India. Sundar Clarke, then Bishop - in - Madras of the Church of South India ordained Elizabeth Paul as a Deacon on 6 May 1976[1].
Bishop Kenneth Gill writes that the Synod of 1970 of the Church of South India took up the question of ordination of women. The issue of ordination was debated in all the subsequent synods of the CSI of 1972, 1974, 1976 and 1978 and some even went to courts[3] . It was not until 1982 that the Synod of the Church of South India voted with two thirds majority in favour of Ordination of Women[3].
It was in 1987 that Elizabeth Paul was ordained as a Presbyter of the Church of South India and became a Presbyter in the CSI Diocese of Madras serving as Assistant Pastor in Georgetown Church, Chennai[1].
Participation in Debates
Sr. Elizabeth Paul participated in Diakonia World Federation Assemblies in 1963 and 1966 held at Berlin and Edinburgh and in 1976 became its Vice-President[1].
In 1980, she participated in a conference of the World Council of Churches in Geneva[4].
Death
Elizabeth Paul was looking after Vishranti Nilayam, the Headquarters of the Order of Sisters in the Church of South India when she died on 17 January 2001 due to a prolonged illness caused due to a broken tooth[1].
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lalrinawmi Ralte, Evangeline Anderson-Rajkumar (Ed.), Feminist Hermeneutics, Indian Women in Theology / Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, New Delhi, 2002. pp.8-9. [1]
- ^ Refer minutes of the Vidhyalaya available at the Yale University Library (Divinity School Library). [http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/fedora/get/divinity:187/PDF ]
- ^ a b c d Kenneth E. Gill, Count us Equal : The Ministry of Women in the Church of South India, Association of Theologically Trained Women in India, 1990. pp.48-49. [2] Cite error: The named reference "Gill" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Constance F. Parvey, Faith and Order Paper 105, World Council of Churches, Geneva, 1980.[3]
External links
- Rajaiah David Paul (1972). "Ecumenism in Action: A Historical Survey of the Church of South India".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - John C. B. Webster, Ellen Low Webster (1985). "The Church and women in the Third World".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Ruth Tucker, Walter L. Liefeld (1987). "Daughters of the Church: Women and Ministry from New Testament times to the present".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Carol Graham, P. Dharmagnani (1989). "Sister Carol Graham, the beloved "Amma"".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Jacqueline Field-Bibb (1991). "Women towards Priesthood: Ministerial politics and feminist praxis".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Sakhi Mariamma Athyal (1995). "Indian Women in Mission".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Leonie Beth Liveris (2005). "Ancient taboos and gender prejudice: challenges for Orthodox women and the church".
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