ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 11 v7b

WOMAN THE GLORY OF MAN. AUGUSTINE: It is not as though one part of humanity belongs to God as its author and another to darkness, as some claim. Rather the part that has the power of ruling and the part that is ruled are both from God.

Thus the apostle says, “A man certainly should not cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but a woman is the glory of man.” AGAINST THE MANICHAEANS 2.26.40.

AUGUSTINE: [The Manichaeans say]: “The devil should not have been allowed to approach the woman.” On the contrary, she should not have allowed the devil to approach her. She was made so that, if she were unwilling, she could have prevented his approach. Then they say: “Maybe the woman should not even have been made.” This would be to admit that something good should not have been made. For there can be no doubt that the woman is good—so good that the apostle says that she is the glory of man and that all things are from God. AGAINST THE MANICHAEANS 2.28.42.

DIFFERENT IN RELATIONSHIP. SEVERIAN OF GABALA: From this we learn that man is not the image of God because of his soul or because of his body. If that were the case, woman would be the image of God in exactly the same way as man, because she too has a soul and a body. What we are talking about here is not nature but a relationship. For just as God has nobody over him in all creation, so man has no one over him in the natural world. But a woman does—she has man over her. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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