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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 3 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians:

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“

Let

women

be

silent

in

the

church

.

But

if

any

wish

to

learn

anything

,

let

them

ask

their

husbands

at

home

.

”

Also

to

Timothy

:

“

Let

a

woman

learn

with

silence

,

in

all

subjection

.

But

I

permit

not

a

woman

to

teach

,

nor

to

be

set

over

the

man

,

but

to

be

in

silence

.

For

Adam

was

first

formed

,

then

Eve

;

and

Adam

was

not

seduced

,

but

the

woman

was

seduced

.

”

Notes

1
1 Cor. xiv. 34, 35. [Women might have spiritual gifts, like the daughters of Philip, Acts xxi. 9; but even such are here forbidden to use them in the public worship of the Church.]
2
1 Tim. ii. 11–14.