the female Priest difficulty A learn by technique of the Swedish Institute for Sociology of religion famous that the top-rated reason human beings are resigning is they have lost their faith and interest in the Church. in lots of circumstances it somewhat is by the bitter strife it somewhat is raging in the Church with reference to the priority of woman clergymen. In 1958 the Swedish Parliament desperate to permit women individuals advance into ordained. Of a finished of roughly 2,900 clergymen serving in the Church of Sweden, now approximately 330 are women individuals. This has led to a typhoon of reactions between the two clergymen and laymen. the final public, approximately fifty 8 p.c., of the clergymen are in desire of woman clergymen, generally for the sake of equality of the sexes. yet a phalanx of roughly 40 two p.c. of the bishops and clergymen are resisting the assumption, some very vigorously, pointing to the words of the apostle Paul at first Corinthians 14:34: “permit the ladies individuals save silent in the congregation.” The weekly magazine Vecko-Journalen of March 20, 1978, comments: “The question of woman clergymen has advance right into a malignant ulcer in the Church.” And in an interview in the comparable magazine the archbishop, Olof Sundby, mentioned in connection with resignation of club using concern of woman clergymen: “it somewhat isn't any longer lots a question of distinctive opinions with reference to the priority as that's our way of coping with the contest, oftentimes characterised by technique of the shortcoming of love and tolerance.” The on a daily basis Smålandsposten of January 27, 1979, mentioned: “would the strife in our church end earlier all admire for the church and our clergymen is long previous and our sanctuaries are emptied of the main mandatory ingredient: the folk.” however the strife keeps raging and the “sanctuaries” are being emptied of the folk. a modern-day learn famous that basically a million.ninety 8 p.c. of the Swedish inhabitants attend church, and in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, the corresponding parent is .seventy 8—below one p.c.! between the superintendents of the Church, a clergyman, recently mentioned to Church government that 0.5 of the church homes in Sweden be closed to alleviate a minimum of a million,000 clergymen and church musicians of their accountability to coach and carry centers. The exertions saving may be used to “help the church and the society out of their severe progression.”—Svenska Dagbladet, November 20, 1980.