This paper presents the specific situation surrounding the discussion about women in ordained ministries, as it has developed from the history of the Church in Germany. Particularly with regard to the synodal paths and processes of recent years, the Church in Germany is often misunderstood, sometimes unintentionally and sometimes intentionally. Knowledge of history, but also awareness of pastoral experience and dogmatic analysis can contribute to mutual understanding in this regard. The Würzburg Synod (1971-1975) plays a central role in this context. It was able to make the introduction of pastoral professions for women in the Caritas environment since the 1920s and the diaconate movement, which also took place in the Caritas environment after the Second World War, fruitful for the entire Church in Germany and beyond. In the light of the questions debated in the last decades, a synodal Church can further explore its own christological and pneumatological presuppositions in order to correspond ever more to its own mission.