Women, the first priests? To say that society dictates what we do is an understatement, because society dictates so much more than that. We allow society to dictate our beliefs, our morals, and even the things we hold to be true. Society tells us that men should be the leaders, and we believe that and make assumptions based on this. Most Catholics would say that Women cannot be priests, and will tell you that they …
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…with the title Letapresbiteressa on it. Leta is a feminine name, and if she were a priest, as the title would suggest, she would have been the first woman priest. While the debate will undoubtedly go on for a long time to come, the most obvious explanation for these findings is that women really were priests. While we can always find complex and extravagant explanations for any argument, the simplest explanation is almost always true.