03-18-2007, 05:15 AM
In the Name of God - Father Son Holy Spirit.
May the Peace of Christ be with you, abdulwalee.
Quote:<b>Here are some christian laws regarding women writen in the bible</b>
Since I have time to kill, I thought I better come back & offer some words of wisdom :P
Here is how I, under the guidance of God the Holy Spirit & my Mother, the One Holy Catholic & Apostolic Church, interprets these profound biblical verses.
Quote:<b>"I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you." (Genesis 3:16) </b>
The consequences of Original Sin for Eve point to 2 of the 5 preternatural gifts Adam & Eve were bestowed with. Before the fall, our first parents had <i>Integrity</i> - complete control over the lusts of the flesh & <i>Immortality</i> - immunity from suffering. Sin is the cause of disorder in family life (human families image God's family), therefore, a women will suffer the effects of Original Sin in her vocation as wife & mother.
Quote:"If, however, the charge is not true and no proof of the girls virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her fathers house and there the men of the town shall stone her to death." (Deut. 22:20-21)
This precept shows the high regard in which virginity was held in ancient Israel. Under Mosaic Law stoning might have been permitted, but this command is man-made not Divine. Jesus Christ addresses this issue in St John 8:1, when the Pharisees approached Him quoting the law of Moses.
Quote:The Lord said to Moses, "Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man." (Num. 31:17)
Hehe! You're the millionth person on the boards to bring up this verse. Please refer to one of the following:
http://islamsms.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=4037 (post #13)
http://islamsms.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=4165 (post #35)
http://islamsms.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=4042 (post #79)
Quote:"Wives, submit yourselves unto your husbands, as unto the Lord...Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything." (Eph. 5:22-24)
This verse (in the context of the whole passage) is absolutely amazing!!! Please please please read it!
21 Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
24 As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands.
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
27 that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
28 Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,
30 because we are members of his body.
31 "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."
32 This mystery is a profound one, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church;
33 however, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Quote:"Women should remain silent in churches. They are not allowed to speak; but must be in submission as the Law says." (I Cor. 14:34-35)
St Paul is going through the regulation of liturgical assemblies. Woman may take on all the roles he speaks about except for one... the official function of ministerial priesthood which is restricted to men only. This is a whole other topic so I won't go into detail but I'll just say quickly that as a woman, I'm absolutely mortified at the thought of women priestesses. It's wrong on so many different levels. This controversial Church doctrine is simply beautiful when you understand the its true significance.
Quote:"A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner." (I Tim. 2:11-14)
Following on from above, this is a theological argument not a sociological one. It is in the context of liturgical worship. Women are prohibited in the Church to teach with the authority of the Apostles & their successors, the priests & bishops. When St Paul speaks about the dignity of men & women, he makes no distinction between their equality & importance. It's only our roles in the Church (as well as nature) that aren't identical.
Quote:"The head of every man is Christ, and the head of every woman is man." (I Cor. 11:3)
St Paul is establishing the theological principle which throws light on the matter of wearing a headcover - a special mission for women. We could spend ages on this topic but basically, the point of this verse is to tell us... "that which is veiled is that which is holy."
Quote:"For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man." (I Cor. 11:8-9)
Again, this passage is talking about women in Church (& veiling). Let's read on shall we...
10 That is why a woman ought to have a veil on her head, because of the angels.
11 Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman;
12 for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.
Quote:Interesting......
Bravo! Everything that comes from Allah should strike your interest :)
God bless.