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Of Subtitles and Menstruation

by Brian Patrick Mitchell Posted on February 10, 2024

Keen customers have noticed that The Disappearing Deaconess appears with different subtitles on different online vendors (Amazon, Alibris, etc.). Is it the same book? It is, except for the subtitle. Some vendors are slow in updating changes in their listings, … Continue reading →

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Deacons and Deaconesses, with Pictures

by Brian Patrick Mitchell Posted on August 22, 2022

For many Christians, the issue is this simple: The Church once had deaconesses, so it can have them again. The reality, as usual, is rather more complex. History is not tradition; history only becomes tradition when it is handed down. … Continue reading →

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Orthodox Deaconesses?

by Brian Patrick Mitchell Posted on October 11, 2017

Remarks by Protodeacon Brian Patrick Mitchell At the St. Phoebe Center Conference on “Renewing the Male and Female Diaconate” Irvine, California October 7, 2017 Thanks, Helen [Theodoropoulos], for the introduction, and thanks also to AnnMarie Mecera and everyone else at … Continue reading →

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“No one has put all the pieces together in the same bold and comprehensive way as in this work. … A fascinating and provocative book.”

“We need the clarity found in the pages of The Disappearing Deaconess” … “sound scholarship, deep discernment, and high readability” … “If you want to think soberly about this topic, this is a must read.”

“A wonderful book, a great story – absolutely must-read!” . . . “The drama of the romance never lets up.” . . . “These characters come to life, and the plot keeps moving, so that I couldn’t put it down.”

“Mitchell has written, in my opinion, the best explanation of the political spectrum. It makes sense of all the major mysteries …” Anthony Gregory, Independent Institute

“This is a ‘wake up America’ book. Read it and weep.” Gen. Robert H. Barrow, Former Commandant of the Marine Corps

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