5 Opinions on Women from Leading Christians
"Any woman who acts in such a way that she cannot give birth to as many children as she is capable of, makes herself guilty of that many murders…" St. Augustine
"Woman is defective and accidental…misbegotten…a male gone awry…the result of some weakness if the [father's] generative power." St. Thomas Aquinas
"Let us set out womenfold on the road to goodness by teaching them…to display… submissiveness, to observe silence. Every woman should be overwhelmed with shame at the thought that she is a woman." St. Clement of Alexandria
"Man is the image of God…whereas woman reflects the glory of man." New Testament, I Cor.11
"Let a woman learn in silence with all submissiveness. I permit no woman to teach or have authority over men; she is to keep silent. Yet women will be saved through bearing children." NT, I Tim. 2 |
