Saturday, November 18, 2017

"'God made man male and female'; the male is Christ, the female is the Church"

"the living church is the body of Christ.  For the Scripture says, 'God made the human male and female.'  The male is Christ, the female is the church."

"τό ἅρσεν ἐστὶν ὁ Χριστός, τὸ θῆλυ ἡ ἐκκλησία"

     Pseudo Clement, 2 Corinthians (more commonly known as 2 Clement) 14, trans. Bart D. Ehrman (LCL 24 (2003), 187).  The heading is from the trans. by Kirsopp Lake.

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