Tertullian, on Eph 5:23

“Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body.”

“Pray tell me, Marcion, does your god build up the authority of his law on the work of the Creator? This, however, is a comparative trifle; for he actually derives from the same source the condition of his Christ and his Church; for he says: "even as Christ is the head of the Church; " and again, in like manner: "He who loveth his wife, loveth his own flesh, even as Christ loved the Church.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.