On the question of women in 'leadership' and the fact that Anna is called a prophet in Luke 2, we can either conclude that it is OK for women to be in leadership or that being a prophet is not what Paul was talking about in 1 Timothy 2:12 when he said that he did not permit a woman to teach or have authority over a man. I guess you could also argue that sometimes God uses women in things that they shouldn't generally do all the time but that is a bit arbitrary!
It does go to show however that we should be slow to be prescriptive in these things and get back to the 'Spirit of the law' rather than the law itself.
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