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Broken vessel meaning5/21/2023 ![]() From this perspective, this article explores what impact this problematic passage has on women's liturgical leadership and practice, especially in the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical culture. ![]() On the flip side, this brings in a challenging equation of 1 Peter 3:7 where the woman is termed 'the weaker vessel' that 'should be honoured … '. ![]() While the task of Christian liturgical leadership is ambiguous and complex, this article refers to someone called to exercise authority and leadership in the way as Jesus called Paul, namely as 'a chosen vessel of Mine to bear my name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel' (Ac 9:15). Paul in 2 Timothy 2: 20-21 clearly proclaims that vessels come as useful ones and not so useful ones some bring honour and others dishonour - the choice belongs to each individual and is illustrated in 2 Corinthians 4:7: ' … but we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us'. The metaphor of a leader as a useful vessel, refers to a person that is receptive. The biblical meaning denotes a person whom God calls and uses as a vessel. The word vessel is often used in the Bible, and in English terms it translates to be either a container such as a bowl or a jug, or either a ship or a boat. ![]() This article presents a Christian liturgical leader as an empty, but useful vessel whose strength is made perfect by the reliance on God's grace. The Christian woman as a weaker, but honoured vessel (1 Pt 3:7): Forbidden to act in persona Christiĭepartment of Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology, School of Humanities, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa ![]()
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