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If thus, from birth to resurrection, the woman is the equal of the man in the divine plan, she is obviously promised like him to holiness, and it is from this that we find the precepts of De cultu. Holiness is what Tertullian wants for women: "You must be perfect as your Father who is in heaven" (Cult., II, 1, 4). Admittedly, he can have fun ...
Tertullian indicates the basis for his statement by partially quoting the text, “It is not permitted for a woman to speak in church” from 1 Cor 14:34-35: “Let women keep silence in the churches, for it is not permitted them to speak, but let them submit, even as the Law says.
"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!"...
- “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.
However, Tertullian’s attitude to women was negative and he opposed women’s involvement in priestly tasks. Only man, not woman, is the ‘image of God’. Every woman carries the curse of Eve, as originator of sin. Woman is a source of temptation.
Chapter 4. Waiving the Question of the Authors, Tertullian Proposes to Consider the Things on Their Own Merits. Grant now that no mark of pre-condemnation has been branded on womanly pomp by the (fact of the) fate of its authors; let nothing be imputed to those angels besides their repudiation of heaven and (their) carnal marriage: let us examine the qualities of the things themselves, in ...
