Within the subset of Anglicanism known as Anglo-Catholicism, the theological debate over women’s ordination to the priesthood has focused on two categories of argument: the tradition of the church, and the symbolism of the priesthood. These, however, are subject to conflicting interpretations. Some seek to continue the received practice of an all-male priesthood, and explain it by reference to symbolic arguments, often Christological in nature. Others, however, argue for a development of egalitarian precedents in the New Testament to address the perceived exclusion of women from the church. This article analyses the debate between these positions both through close criticism of the main arguments, and through a broader structural evaluation of the debate as a whole. This analysis indicates unanswered questions of Christology, anthropology, and development, which are essential to the progress of the debate and the integrity of both positions.

在被称为盎格鲁天主教的英国国教的子集中，关于妇女担任圣职的神学辩论集中在两类论点上：教堂的传统和圣职的象征意义。但是，这些要有相互矛盾的解释。有些人试图继续接受全男性神职人员的做法，并通过引用象征性论据（通常是基督教学上的论点）来解释这一点。然而，其他人则主张在新约中发展平等主义的先例，以解决人们认为妇女被排斥在教会之外的情况。本文通过对主要论点的密切批评以及对整个辩论的更广泛的结构评价，分析了这些立场之间的辩论。这项分析指出了基督教学，人类学，