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In this post I will focus on the Roman Catholic Church Father John Chrysostom who lived from 346 A.D. - 407 A.D.
John Chrysostom has said the following:
"Woman taught once and ruined all (Genesis 3:6)."
"Our life is customarily organised into two spheres: public affairs and private matters, both of which were determined by God. To the woman is assigned the presidency of the household for God maintained the order of each sex dividing the business of human life into two parts and assigned the more necessary and beneficial aspects to the man and the less important, inferior matters to the woman."
"To preside over the church or to undertake the care of souls is so exalted, all women fail to qualify."
In this post I will focus on the Roman Catholic Church Father John Chrysostom who lived from 346 A.D. - 407 A.D.
John Chrysostom has said the following:
"Woman taught once and ruined all (Genesis 3:6)."
"Our life is customarily organised into two spheres: public affairs and private matters, both of which were determined by God. To the woman is assigned the presidency of the household for God maintained the order of each sex dividing the business of human life into two parts and assigned the more necessary and beneficial aspects to the man and the less important, inferior matters to the woman."
"To preside over the church or to undertake the care of souls is so exalted, all women fail to qualify."
John Chrysostom believes the woman caused the man to sin but the man chose to sin by eating the fruit when she offered it to him (Genesis 3:6).
ReplyDeleteMoreover, God gave both the man and the woman the task of ruling over creation (Genesis 1:26-28). He did not specify which role the man was to play when ruling over creation. Neither did He specify which role the woman was to play when ruling over creation.
As for women playing a role in public affairs or in religious settings, in The Old Testament the following women are mentioned
Miriam, who was a leader (Micah 6:4)
Deborah, who was a judge and prophetess (Judges 4-5)
Hulda, who was a prophetess (1 Kings 22:14)
The woman in Proverbs 31
In the New Testament the following women are mentioned
Lydia, who was a business woman (Acts 16:14)
Mary, Tryphena, Tryphosa, Persis (Romans 16), Euodia and Syntyche (Philippians 4:2-3)who were all co-workers with Paul
Priscilla, who was a pastor and teacher (Romans 16:3-5, Acts 18:24-26)
Philip's daughter who were female prophets (Acts 21:8-9)
Junia, who was a female apostle (Romans 16:7)
Phoebe, who was a female deacon (Romans 16:1-2)
The chosen lady, who was a pastor of a house church (1 John 1:1)
Nympha, who was a pastor of a house church (Colossians 4:15)
Chloe, who was a pastor of a house church (1 Corinthians 1:11).