Quotes from Phyllis Zagano

Such is the paradox of Jesus the Christ in the world. Because God is limitless he assumed human form and lived a limited life. Because God is unknowable, he became a person whom we can know. Jesus is God's gift of God's self to space and time precisely so we can come slightly closer to understanding God and to understanding ourselves in relation to God.

Some of them are growing old, are worn with pitiless waves of fatigue, and are wholly unexpectant of reward in this world.

We know women deacons taught the faith to newly baptized women and to children, and we can assume these women carried the teachings to their homes and families as well. As the Church grew, its teachings continued to be passed on by women, while its regulations continued to be developed by men.