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Historical Christian Faith commentaries database, on 1Cor 14:34 (Apostolic Constitutions (Book III), Section 1, VI)

Apostolic Constitutions, on 1Cor 14:34

1Cor 14:34 · Douay-Rheims
“Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith.”
On this verse:
“We do not permit our "women to teach in the Church," [1 Corinthians 14:34] but only to pray and hear those that teach; for our Master and Lord, Jesus Himself, when He sent us the twelve to make disciples of the people and of the nations, did nowhere send out women to preach, although He did not want such. For there were with us the mother of our Lord and His sisters; also Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Martha and Mary the sisters of Lazarus; Salome, and certain others. For, had it been necessary for women to teach, He Himself had first commanded these also to instruct the people with us. For "if the head of the wife be the man," [1 Corinthians 11:3] it is not reasonable that the rest of the body should govern the head.”

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