"Woman is a misbegotten man and has a faulty and defective nature in comparison to his. Therefore she is unsure in herself. What she cannot get, she seeks to obtain through lying and diabolical deceptions. And so, to put it briefly, one must be on one's guard with every woman, as if she were a poisonous snake and the horned devil. ... Thus in evil and perverse doings woman is cleverer, that is, slyer, than man. Her feelings drive woman toward every evil, just as reason impels man toward all good."
–St. Albertus Magnus (13th Century)
The word and works of God is quite clear, that women were made either to be wives or prostitutes.
–Martin Luther (16th Century)
Another gem those centuries gave us? Bleeding the humors out of people. You do a lot of blood letting in your house?
Do not any longer contend for mastery, for power, money, or praise. Be content to be a private, insignificant person, known and loved by God and me.. of what importance is your character to mankind, if you was buried just now Or if you had never lived, what loss would it be to the cause of God.
–John Wesley (18th Century)
Wesley had atrocious grammar.
oly: Kidding. It's either you or your source. Try, The Life of John Wesley, p. 299 - 300, by Robert Southey
But if you're going to quote, quote honestly. Wesley wasn't speaking of all women, he was writing to one woman, his wife. He felt she had betrayed him and the missive/quote is indicative of his anger. Like most men of his day (and some present loons) he felt superior and entitled, but your patchwork wasn't indicative of more than his particular circumstance. The author, in examining the topic, notes Wesley's wife was ill tempered, did not share his enthusiasms and that the match was about as ill suited as could be imagined. She was jealous and suspicious and public with both. The whole of it drove Wesley into his own temper and the writing reflects it.
What Wesley was saying in and beyond the truncated, misrepresented passage set out by Cruc, was that
her life wasn't being spent in the service of God, as his was. Worse, she was making his service difficult, impugning his reputation in advancing her own, and making public what should have remained between them in private, etc.
Theologians from all eras and denominations have stated the same exact thing.
Men in authority said it. Not all of them, but most. They also thought slavery was a pretty handy notion. Not all, but a great many, in authority, and for a very long time.
If you're going to rest on that you might as well advocate the return of slavery.
:think: That's next, isn't it.
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