was a very great asset to the Christian church, and these women were much celebrated and written about and praised by the male authors of this period.... Jesus is often portrayed as in the company ...

Before his death, Francis made further appointments demonstrating his commitment to integrating women into Church governance.

She has published widely in the areas of Gnosticism, ancient Christianity, and ... ancient church was Mary Magdalene. A series of spectacular 19th and 20th century discoveries of Christian texts ...