Crysostom believes the woman's role is of little importance: Paganism has entered the Church P/2

                                                      Read Part One HERE

In this post I will compare a statement from the pagan Greek philosopher Aristotle with a statement from Roman Catholic Church Father John Crysostom.

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 Crysostom has said the following:

God maintained the order of each sex dividing the business of human life in two parts and assigned the more necessary and beneficial aspects to the man and the least important, more inferior matters to the woman.

My comment:

From the above statements we can learn that Roman Catholic Church Father John Crysostom'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 Crysostom 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 Roman Catholic Church on the roles of men and women.

Read Part Three HERE

Aquinas believes men are wiser than women:Paganism has entered the Church P/1

In the next few posts I will compare a statement from the pagan Greek philosopher Aristotle with a statement of one of the religious leaders I have posted statements from.

In this post I will compare one of Aristotle's statements with a statement of Roman Catholic Church father Thomas Aquinas.

Aristotle has said:

The male is by nature superior and the female inferior, and the one rules and the other is ruled.

 
Thomas Aquinas has said:

Good order would have been lacking by the human family if some were not governed by others wiser than themselves. So by such subjection woman is naturally subject to man, because in man the discretion of reason predominates.

My comment:

From the above statements we can learn that the Roman Catholic Church Father Thomas Aquinas' thinking was very like that of the pagan Greek philosopher Aristotle when discussing the subject of the roles of men and women. It is very obvious, therefore, that Thomas Aquinas was very influenced by past cultures in his understanding of the word of God when it is related to that subject, which in turn would have influenced the view of the Roman Catholic Church on the roles of men and women.

 

Read Part Two HERE

Aristotle believes women lack the proper form: Equal, BUT P/13

Read Part One HERE

In this post I will focus on the Greek Philosopher Artistotle who lived during the period 384 B.C. - 322 B.C.

He has made the following statements:

"The male is by nature superior and the female inferior, and the one rules and the other is ruled."

"The male is the proper form and the female is a mutilated male or a deformed male."

Plato believes women show courage when they obey: Equal, BUT P/12

Read Part One HERE

In this post I will focus on the Greek Philosopher Plato. He lived between 429 B.C. - 348 B.C.

He has made the following statements:

"The one gender is far superior to the other in every sphere."

"The courage of a man is shown in commanding, of a woman in obeying."

 

Read Part Thirteen HERE

Devout Jewish men are grateful they are not females: Equal, BUT P/11

Read Part One HERE

In this post I will focus on devout Jewish men.

Throughout the centuries Orthodox Jewish men have made the following statements:

"Rather should the words of the Torah be burned than entrusted to a woman."

"Whoever teaches his daughter is like the one who teaches her obscenity."

"A daily prayer is:
I thank God that I am not born a Gentile. I thank God that I am not born a slave. I thank God that I am not born a woman."

 

Read Part Twelve HERE

Thomas Aquinas believes something went wrong when God formed the first woman: Equal, BUT P/10

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."

Read Part Eleven HERE

John Chrysostom believes women are not fit to evangelise: Equal, BUT P/9

Read Part One HERE

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."

 

Read Part Ten HERE