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In this post I will compare a statement from the Pagan Greek Philosopher Aristotle with a statement from the Protestant Reformer John Calvin
Aristotle has said the following:
The male is by nature superior and the female inferior, and the one rules and the other is ruled.
John Calvin has said the following:
In I Timothy 2:11-15 Paul assigns two reasons why women ought to be subject to men; because not only did God enact this law at the beginning, but He also inflicted it as a punishment on the woman.
Now Moses shows that the woman was created afterwards in order that she should render obedience to him. Since, therefore, God did not create two chiefs of equal power, but added to the man an inferior aid, the apostle justly reminds us of that order of creation in which the eternal and inviolable appointment of God is strikingly displayed.
My Comment:
From the above statements we can learn that Protestant Reformer John Calvin'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 John Calvin 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.
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