| Creation |
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God created MAN first making him the origin of the rest
of humanity.
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God created
WOMAN out of man and for man.
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God created MAN in his own image in the full sense of the
term since God is the source of everything.
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God created
WOMAN in his image only to the extent that she too has a mind.
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| Differences at Birth |
The active force in the male seed derives
its power also from the stars.
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A MANs seed contains the future
child.
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In
procreation, a WOMAN only contributes her womb - which is like a
ploughed field in which a grain of seed has been sown. The woman feeds the
foetus.
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When a MALE child is born the birth is
perfect.
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Every FEMALE
child is born through an accident. The semen is weak
or the material [in the womb] is unsuitable, or because of the action of some
external factor such as the winds from the south which make the atmosphere
humid.
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But in
Gods overall plan women do serve a purpose. They are useful for
generation. After all, in his providence, God can even make use of
accidents.
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Strictly
speaking, every WOMAN is a monster of nature.
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The female
sexual organs too will rise at the resurrection. For resurrection
repairs the defects of nature.
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| Other Gender Differences |
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MAN has the greater power of
reason. Because God ordered [= streamlined] him for intellectual
activity.
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WOMEN are
not ordered to intellectual operation. Though a WOMAN is carnally united
to a man in generation, she is not united to him in his higher
faculties.
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That is why
St. Paul forbade women to teach or to have authority over men.
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A MAN naturally commands
authority.
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WOMEN are
subject to men. For man is the beginning and end of WOMAN.
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Even a
WOMANs hair is a sign of her subjection to man.
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God made
WOMAN a helper to man, but only for generation, not for a mans other
tasks.
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| Representing Christ |
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MAN is in a state of
perfection.
MEN signify eminence in
human nature.
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WOMAN is in
a state of subjection. The FEMALE SEX cannot signify eminence of
degree [= women cannot be the expression of perfect human
nature].
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Therefore, it is MEN who can represent
Christ at the Eucharist.
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Therefore,
WOMEN cannot represent Christ at the Eucharist.
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John Wijngaards |
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