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We need a bit of context here, Pandora. The question of women deacons has two parts. 

First, is it historically true that women referred to as deacons in our past were ordained in the same sense that male deacons were and are ordained -- that is, did these women received the sacrament of Holy Orders (in Eastern terms, Cheirotonia; in Western terms, a major order); or did they not not receive the sacrament, but rather merely a minor order (the Western term), or Cheirothesis (the Eastern term)? It is universally accepted that if women were ordained deacon in this precise sense in the past, then the Church has the authority to again ordain women to the sacrament of Holy Orders as deacons.

Secondly, assuming a positive answer to the first question, should the Church re-establish the female diaconate?

You are correct in so far as you want to insist that the Commission has not been asked to answer the second question, Should modern women be ordained deacons?

(cont.)