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Originally Posted by photon
I think the early church was pretty pro-women in general, the earliest writing seem to indicate that. The anti-women sentiment was added later.
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As pro-woman as they could be for the first 1000 years.
The First Lateran Council of
1123 stated that priests, and other high level members of the church were forbidden to contract marriage or even remain married. At that time, the reason was to ensure that money remained with the Church and was not inherited.
The church was angry that Priests et al were dieing and leaving their wealth to their wives and or families. After 1123 all Priestly marriages were anulled or they were asked to leave. The Catholic church has gone on to be one of the richest organizations in the world.
I guess Satan made them get married in the first place.