RE: OT gender (Archbishop Lazar)

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> Re: OT gender (was: spring 2004 wise traditions mag -

>disappointed with a few comments)

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>As an Archbishop of the Orthodox Church has said, historically, relative

>value has been placed on the roles of men and women, with men's roles

>typically being assigned a higher value. That's why, IMO, feminists of

>the

>70's were offended when it was suggested they couldn't do the work of

> " higher value " (typical men's work).

>

>Heidi,

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>1. which Bishop in the orth. church?

As already mention, it was Archbishop Lazar Puhalo. In fact this is

one of his main issues when it comes to gender, based on his writings and a

book about his teachings that I have. He feels the relative_value that's

been placed on men's and women's historic roles is a perversion of the

faith. Further, he emphasizes that the gender roles, especially those of

husbands and wives that are types of Christ and the Church, and manifest in

headship, have historically erroneously been extrapolated to business and

industry. According to him there's nothing in the Scriptures about women not

being able to lead in other aspects of their lives. Additionally, he

believes that some good has come out of the feminist movement in that it has

helped women gain some rights that were wrongfully stripped of us due to

false interpretations of scripture in assigning relative value to gender

roles and also assigning relative value to men and women, with women being

considered, by some biblical scholars and several cultures, as inferior

because Adam was created first. I'm not clear on the Archbishop's view of

creation, but his biographer wrote that he argues that Adam and Eve were

created simultaneously. (Either way, it doesn't follow that the first

created person is in any way superior to the second, in my mind. And

apparently that's the stance of the Orthodox Church, which considers itself

to be the only church that is still completely faithful to original

Christianity, FWIW. Although I imagine that's a controversial stance in the

eyes of other denominations!).

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