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let's pass on to the women on the left there.
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Notice that they are out to the side.
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They've been segregated.
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Indeed they are physically marginalized.
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Women were to be silent in the church
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according to the scriptural dictum of Saint Paul:
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"Mulier taceat in ecclesia."
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But, as we have seen,
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there was ample opportunity for spiritual contemplation
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and creativity for women specifically in the convents.
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One spiritual leader within the community of Benedictine convents
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was Hildegard of Bingen.