Read Part One HERE
In this post I will compare a statement from the Pagan Greek Philosopher Aristotle with a statement from Protestant Reformed Martin Luther.
Aristotle has said the following:
The male is by nature superior and the female inferior, and the one rules and the other is ruled.
Martin Luther has said the following:
God Himself has so ordained that the man was created first - first in time and first in authority. Because of God's work, Adam is approved as superior to Eve, because he had the right of primogeniture. Not only has God's wisdom ordained this, there was more wisdom and courage in Adam. Paul has thus proven that by divine and human right Adam is the master of the woman (I Timothy 2:11-15).
My comment"
From the above statements we can learn that the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther's thinking was very like that of the pagan Greek philosopher Aristotle when discussing the roles of men and women. It is very obvious, therefore, that Martin Luther was very influenced by past cultures in his understanding of the word of God when it is related to that particular subject, which in turn would have influenced the view of the Protestant Church on the roles of men and women.
As for as the issue of primogeniture is concerned, that issue is specifically related to two brothers in a family when, usually, the first born brother would receive the birth right. It does, therefore, not apply to the first man and the first woman.
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