ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 14 v35

WOMEN VEILED IN CHURCH TO APPEAR HUMBLE. AMBROSIASTER: It is shameful because it is contrary to discipline for them to presume to speak about the law in the house of God, who has taught that they are subject to their husbands, when they know that men have the primacy there and that for them it is more fitting to be free to pray while holding their tongues. If they dare to speak in church, it is a disgrace, because they are veiled in order to appear humble. Moreover, women like this show that they are immodest, which is a disgrace to their husbands too. For when women are insolent, their husbands receive the blame as well. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

WOMEN ORDERLY, HUSBANDS ATTENTIVE. CHRYSOSTOM: A woman is softer of mind than a man and more subject to being flooded with emotion. Thus he sets husbands as protectors for the benefit of both. Paul calls for husbands to be attentive and for women to be orderly. In this way husbands would have to communicate with their wives about exactly what they heard. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 37.1.

LET PARADISE OPEN. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM: I wish to see each man’s earnestness and each woman’s devotion. Burn out impiety from your mind, put your soul on the anvil and your stubborn infidelity under the hammer. … Then let the gate of paradise be opened to each man and each woman among you. CATECHETICAL LECTURES 15.

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