Read Part One HERE
In this post I will focus on Roman Catholic Church Father Thomas Aquinas. He lived from 1225 - 1274.
He has made the following statements:
"The female is a misbegotten male."
"Females are inherently subordinate to males and this subjection existed as part of the created order even before sin. Their subordination is for their own benefit and good."
"The essential value of her creation is for the generation of the species."
"Good order would have been lacking in the human family if some were not governed by others wiser than themselves. So by such a subjection woman is naturally subject to man, because in man the discretion of reason predominates."
In this post I will focus on Roman Catholic Church Father Thomas Aquinas. He lived from 1225 - 1274.
He has made the following statements:
"The female is a misbegotten male."
"Females are inherently subordinate to males and this subjection existed as part of the created order even before sin. Their subordination is for their own benefit and good."
"The essential value of her creation is for the generation of the species."
"Good order would have been lacking in the human family if some were not governed by others wiser than themselves. So by such a subjection woman is naturally subject to man, because in man the discretion of reason predominates."
Read Part Eleven HERE
Thomas Aquinas believed that the woman as created inferior to the man as an defective and misbegotten male. However, in Genesis 1:26-28 we read that God blessed the man and the woman and told THEM tor rule over creation together. His thinking is more in line with Pagan Philosophers such as Aristotle who I will quote in a future post.
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