Yau Majalisar 18 ga Satumba, 2020 na Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI
shugaban Kirista daga 2005 zuwa 2013

Janar Masu Sauraro, 14 ga Fabrairu, 2007 (transl. © Libreria Editrice Vaticana)
"Sha biyun suna tare da shi da wasu mata"
Ko da a cikin yanayin tsohuwar Ikilisiya kasancewar mata ba komai bane amma na sakandare. (…) Ana samun ingantattun takardu game da martaba da matsayin mata a cikin Saint Paul. Ya fara ne daga ka'idoji na asali, bisa ga abin da ga mai yin baftisma ba kawai "babu Bayahude ko Baheleni, ba bawa ko 'yanci", amma kuma "ba namiji ko mace ba". Dalilin kuwa shi ne “dukkanmu ɗaya muke cikin Almasihu Yesu” (Gal 3,28:1), watau, dukkanmu muna haɗuwa a cikin mutunci iri ɗaya, kodayake kowannensu yana da takamaiman ayyuka (cf. 12,27 Kor 30: 1-11,5). Manzo ya yarda a matsayin abu na yau da kullun cewa a cikin al'ummar Kirista mata na iya "annabci" (XNUMX Kor XNUMX: XNUMX), ma'ana, suyi magana a bayyane ƙarƙashin tasirin Ruhu, muddin wannan na inganta rayuwar al'umma ne kuma anyi ta cikin mutunci. (...)

Mun riga mun haɗu da adadi na Prisca ko Priscilla, matar Aquila, wanda a cikin lamura biyu abin mamaki ne da aka ambata a gaban mijinta (cf Ayyukan 18,18; Rm 16,3): ɗayan da ɗayan, duk da haka, sun fito fili sun cancanta Paul a matsayin "abokan aikinsa" (Rm 16,3) ... Ya kuma zama dole a kula, alal misali, gajeriyar Harafi zuwa ga Filimon da gaske Bulus ya yi magana da wata mata mai suna "Affia" (cf. Fm 2) ​​... A cikin jama'a na Kolosiya dole ne ta mallaki babban wuri; ta kowane hali, ita kaɗai ce mace da Paolo ya ambata a cikin ƙarin adireshin ɗayan wasiƙunsa. A wani wurin Manzo ya ambaci wani "Phoebe", wanda ya cancanci zama diákonos na Cocin Cencre… (cf. Rom 16,1: 2-16,6.12). Kodayake taken a wancan lokacin bai riga ya sami takamaiman darajar matsayin minista ba, hakan yana nuna hakikanin aikin da wannan mata ta yi wa wannan kungiyar ta Kirista ... A daidai wannan yanayin tarihin Manzo yana tunawa wasu sunayen mata: wani Mariya, sannan Trifena, Trifosa da Perside «mafi soyuwa», ban da Julia (Rom 12a.15b.4,2). (...) A cikin Cocin na Philippi sai mata biyu masu suna "Evodia da Syntic" ya zama dole a rarrabe su (Phil XNUMX: XNUMX): Abin da Bulus ya ambata game da jituwa da juna ya nuna cewa matan biyu sun taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin wannan yankin . Asali, tarihin Kiristanci zai sami ci gaba sosai da ba don gudummawar mata da yawa ba.