The pastoral office is one of the most critical in Christianity.
Historically, however, Christians have not been able to agree on
the precise nature and limits of that office. A specific area of
contention has been the role of women in pastoral leadership. In
recent decades, three broad types of arguments have been raised
against women's ordination: nontheological (primarily cultural or
political), Protestant, and Catholic. Reflecting their divergent
understandings of the purpose of ordination, Protestant opponents
of women's ordination tend to focus on issues of pastoral
authority, while Catholic opponents highlight sacramental
integrity. These positions are new developments and new theological
stances, and thus no one in the current discussion can claim to be
defending the church's historic position. Icons of Christ addresses
these voices of opposition, making a biblical and theological case
for the ordination of women to the ministerial office of Word and
Sacrament. William Witt argues that not only those in favor of, but
also those opposed to, women's ordination embrace new theological
positions in response to cultural changes of the modern era. Witt
mounts a positive ecumenical argument for the ordination of women
that touches on issues such as theological hermeneutics,
relationships between men and women, Christology and discipleship,
and the role of ordained clergy in leading the church in worship,
among others. Uniquely, Icons of Christ treats both Protestant and
Catholic theological concerns at length, undertaking a robust
engagement with biblical exegesis and biblical, historical,
systematic, and liturgical theology. The book's theological
approach is critically orthodox, evangelical, and catholic. Witt
offers the church an ecumenical vision of ordination to the
presbyterate as an office of Word and Sacrament that justifiably is
open to both men and women. Most critically Witt reminds us that,
as all Christians are baptized into the image of the crucified and
risen Christ, and bear witness to Christ through lives of cruciform
discipleship, so men and women both are called to serve as icons of
Christ in service of the gospel.
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