Ida Raming (born 10 August 1932 in Fürstenau,

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) is a German

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and

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Life

After school Raming studied Catholic

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and

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at the

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and the

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. She finished university in 1973 and worked as a teacher at Gymnasium Martinum

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in Germany. She wrote several books concerning women's rights in the Roman Catholic Church. On 29 June 2002, Raming and six other women were ordained priests by Independent Catholic bishop

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, a former Roman Catholic priest from

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who left the Roman Catholic Church out of disagreement with the anti-liberation theology of the Vatican to join the

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. In the media, the ordained women were called the

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because they were ordained on the

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near the town of

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on the border between Germany and Austria. In 2003 Raming was

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from the

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. Raming, who in 1986 had co-founded ''Gruppe Maria Magdala, Priesteramt für die Frau'', which promotes priesthood for women, indicated that her personal experience of

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religious restrictions including the exclusion of women from ordained offices was the impetus behind her actions.''Frauen und katholische Kirche''
, Wir sind Kirche.

Works

* 2007: ''Unser Leben im Einsatz für Menschenrechte der Frauen in der römisch-katholischen Kirche''. Lit, Berlin/Münster, (together with Iris Müller). * 2006: ''Gleichrangig in Christus anstatt: Ausschluss von Frauen „im Namen Gottes“''. Lit, Berlin/Münster, . * 2002: ''Priesteramt der Frau: Geschenk Gottes für eine erneuerte Kirche''. Lit, Münster/Hamburg/London, . Erweiterte Neuauflage von „Der Ausschluß der Frau vom Priesterlichen Amt“ (1973) with bibliography (1974–2001) * 1998: ''Aufbruch aus männlichen „Gottesordnungen“: Reformbestrebungen von Frauen in christlichen Kirchen und im Islam''. Deutscher Studien-Verlag, Weinheim, . * 1998: ''Zur Priesterin berufen''. Thaur, Thaur/Wien/Munich, (as editor). * 1989: ''Frauenbewegung und Kirche: Bilanz eines 25jährigen Kampfes für Gleichberechtigung und Befreiung der Frau seit dem 2. Vatikanischen Konzil''. Studien-Verlag, Weinheim, . * 1973: ''Der Ausschluss der Frau vom priesterlichen Amt: Gottgewollte Tradition oder Diskriminierung? eine rechtshistorisch-dogmatische Untersuchung der Grundlagen von Kanon 968, § 1 d. Codex Iuris Canonici''. Böhlau, Cologne/Wien, (dissertation).

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* Ida Raming and

Iris Müller Iris most often refers to: *Iris (anatomy), part of the eye * Iris (color), an ambiguous color term *Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess * ''Iris'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants * Iris (given name), a feminine given name, and a list of peopl ...

''Erklärung anlässlich der Frauenordination in Österreich''
, Kirche von unten, June 2002.
Ordination of more women in 2005Zeit: Seven days with Ida Raming (german)
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