Are you basing your model of marriage on a manager/janitor relationship? Where the husband is the manager and the wife is the janitor?If you’re a person with good managerial skills but because of your gender (or race or social class) you are only allowed to work as a janitor then you will be pretty frustrated even if in your heart you know managers aren’t any more worthy than janitors. Likewise a person could have no ability to manage but be very good at maintaining a clean, safe workplace, if they are expected to become a manager then that has it’s own problems.
I do think there are differences between men and women but we can be too quick to stereotype both in and out of church.
I wasn’t comparing the manager/janitor to the husband and wife. It was more the point that it is hard for anyone to be pigeonholed into a role they aren’t suited to whatever that role is and it can be additionally difficult when there is something you show skill at but aren’t considered suitable for that role because of something you can’t change like sex.Are you basing your model of marriage on a manager/janitor relationship? Where the husband is the manager and the wife is the janitor?
Think of marriage as more like a dance. Take ballroom dancing or the pas de deux in the ballet. The partnership of a man and a woman, each with a different part to play. Each half is not superior or inferior to the other.
I’ve read that women are indirectly made in the image of God. is that true?Get her to read the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Church clearly states that men and women are equal in dignity, though they may have different roles in the Church and the world.
Both men and women are created “in the image of God”.
No. The church teaches that both men and women bear the image of god equally.I’ve read that women are indirectly made in the image of God. is that true?
To be fair, a Sola Scriptura type might get that out of St. Paul’s writing that “Man is made in the image of God, but woman was made in the image of man”, but again, the Church has not interpreted that verse as “indirectly” in any authoritative text - and in any case, St. Paul was specifically referring to worship and priestly functions.No. The church teaches that both men and women bear the image of god equally.
Not even with the writings of St. Paul could the *Sola Scriptura * justify the position that women are an indirect image of God when we already have:I’ve read that women are indirectly made in the image of God. is that true?
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No. The church teaches that both men and women bear the image of god equally.To be fair, a Sola Scriptura type might get that out of St. Paul’s writing that “Man is made in the image of God, but woman was made in the image of man”, but again, the Church has not interpreted that verse as “indirectly” in any authoritative text - and in any case, St. Paul was specifically referring to worship and priestly functions.
I’m not defending that position, simply explaining how the misconception came about.Not even with the writings of St. Paul could the *Sola Scriptura * justify the position that women are an indirect image of God when we already have:
Genesis 1:26-27 (DR)
[26] And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth. [27] And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
That’s great. But in today’s climate, I know plenty that scoff and mock this. These liberals and atheists will mock the Virgin Mary all day long, but then sometimes have the nerve to say that she is favored by God! As if to try and use the fact that she is a woman, directly against the Church faithful.I’m not an atheist but I am liberal which is one reason I’m not a practicing Catholic. Per the OP question though, my opinion is God views men and women as equals and it is more or less a cultural matter. Just my :twocents: though.
I’ve read women share the image of God because Eve shares some of Adam traits, who was in God’s image.No. The church teaches that both men and women bear the image of god equally.
I don’t know where you are reading this at; however, scripture clearly shows otherwise as I pointed out in my earlier post - Eve shares just as much in the Likeness of God as does Adam. Eve is Adam’s equal - even Adam recognized this fact:I’ve read women share the image of God because Eve shares some of Adam traits, who was in God’s image.
cuttingedge.org/news/n1841.cfmI don’t know where you are reading this at; however, scripture clearly shows otherwise as I pointed out in my earlier post - Eve shares just as much in the Likeness of God as does Adam. Eve is Adam’s equal - even Adam recognized this fact:
[23] And Adam said: This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.
IMHO, I’d be looking for other reading materials.
The Bible is absolutely clear that God is our Heavenly Father. His nature is divine and eternal and sexual distinctions are non-existent. He created man in His image and then created woman. There are no female angels because the angelic host were created in the image of God before women were created. Women are a unique creation out of man to supply him a help-meet and have absolutely nothing to do with the nature and appearance of God. This false concept of God being both male and female is clearly descending into rank paganism.
Angels don’t have a gender.
The best example of how God views women is his example in Jesus’ earthy existence. He began his preaching, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” (Mt 4:17). These were not gentle words. They were words of warning that everyone’s life was in a bad state and it was time to change this while one still could.As a father, I always thought maybe God is more gentle. I am more gentle when it comes to her compared to my boys.
Where does the Bible say that?Angels don’t have a gender.
Will the CCC do for you?Where does the Bible say that?
What about the angels exclusively being called “He”?Will the CCC do for you?
vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s2c1p5.htm
What about it?What about the angels exclusively being called “He”?
Did you read the CCC or are you just going to ask more questions? What did you think of it?What about the angels exclusively being called “He”?
What makes you think the angels didn’t come in their true form?What about it?
It’s a way to refer to an entity.
Wisdom is referred to as a she. So was my boat.
My van is a he.
Plus Angels can take a form. And that form can appear to be male or female.