Well I'm Glad That's Finally Settled!

An introduction to a piece on Future Church at the NPR website has this to say:

Inscriptions and images found on tombstones, frescoes and mosaics throughout the Mediterranean show that women held respected roles in the early Christian church that were identical to those held by men. They were apostles, priests, deacons and bishops.

So what's all the fuss about? It seems the Vatican is being obstreperous:

But the Vatican's official view of church history presents women in a different light.

Where do they get the morons who write these things, anyway?

See it for yourself.