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In pain shall you bring forth children, woman, and you shall turn to your husband and he shall rule over you. And do you not know that you are Eve? God's sentence hangs still over all your sex and His punishment weighs down upon you.
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Tertullian finds that completely normal, since the Bible explicitly grants visions to women (Joel, II 28-29), as he recalls it in An., XLVII, 2: "God promised to spread the grace of the Holy Spirit on any flesh et sicut prophetaturos, ita et somniaturos servos suos et ancillas suas".
"You are the Devil's gateway; you are the unsealer of that tree; you are the first forsaker of the divine law; you are the one who persuaded him whom the Devil was not brave enough to approach!"...
This triad of biblical passages, 1 Cor 14:34-35; 1 Tim 2:11-15; Gen 3:16, is the key to understanding the position of the early Church regarding ministry for women. Though Tertullian quotes only the first in Virg. vel. 9.1, he is aware of all three.
- “How beautiful, then, the marriage of two Christians, two who are one in home, one in desire, one in the way of life they follow, one in the religion they practice . . .
- “The first reaction to truth is hatred.” ― Tertullian.
- “He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies” ― Tertullian.
- “If the Tiber rises too high, or the Nile too low, the remedy is always feeding Christians to the lions.” ― Tertullian.
For you too, ( women as you are,) have the self-same angelic nature promised as your reward, the self-same sex as men: the self-same advancement to the dignity of judging, does (the Lord) promise you.
Feb 9, 2011 · In his treatise, On the Dress of Women, Tertullian says, “You are the Devil’s gateway; you are the unsealer of that tree; you are the first foresaker of the divine law; you are the one who persuaded him whom the Devil was not brave enough to approach; you so lightly crushed the image of God, the man Adam.” In Tertullian’s last line, he ...
