Cheryl Schatz

Okay, starting back with new numbering from Mark’s new response.

1. I do love the way Egals always fall back to old mate Cyril as if he determines all. Let’s share abit about him. First he is 5th Century AD and of course is interpreting his view of scripture. If you want to rely on him Cheryl, why not introduce the many other early theologians who didn’t see it the way Cyril did. Now that would be a fair account of history. In fact the people closest to Jesus and Paul in the early centuries, never interpreted the scriptures this way…let’s not ignore that.

Mark, you are the one who said that anytime head was used with people it meant authority. That is a blanket statement. I gave you a quote from Cyril and gengwall gave you a quote from the Bible. That is enough witnesses to disprove a blanket statement about authority.

2. Gengwell- in 1 Cor 12 does the text in the slightest state that person a is the ‘head’ of person b. No it doesn’t! And every other account we have of person a being the head of person b, it is ALWAYS understood authoritatively. The use of ‘kephale’ in these texts is in no way similar what so ever…

Give me a break! It is a head metaphor. It is about people. It seems to me, and correct me if I am wrong, but instead of proving your point, you wish to define the opposition out of existence. And you have yet to even prove your point.

Now you may want to believe that you are superior to your wife and that you have the right to take your authority over her, but we are desiring to follow the Bible. It is a contradiction for one passage to provide for lordship by gender and then another passage to say that we are not to have lordship by anyone regardless of gender.

So tell me why would Paul use words of equality in a passage that is supposed to be about superiority?