text: Perhaps the data alone--that is read in isolation from Tradition and the authority of the Church, one could argue is inconclusive. 
  
  The thing is--I believe that just like the founders of our country created a judiciary to resolve disputes involving how the data of the Constitution should be understood, so too God founded a Church and endowed this Church with His authority to teach, preach, govern and sanctify.  When disputes arise about the "data" of revelation--whether Jesus actions do or do not have soteriological significance for example, I believe the Church, like the SCOTUS has the final word. 
  
  In the case of women's ordination, the Church has essentially pronounced on the issue: Jesus actions DO have soteriological significance, thus the Church cannot ordain women.  Whether or not I personally believe the conclusion is warranted, I know that the Church has spoken and answered the question, thus--I submit to the teaching.