Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!sun-barr!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: hudson@athena.cs.uga.edu (Paul Hudson Jr) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Role of Women in Spiritual Leadership Message-ID: Date: 13 May 91 06:07:38 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Georgia, Athens Lines: 14 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article hbryanf@se1.cs.nps.navy.mil (howard bryan) writes: >Much of Paul's writings was based on Roman law and tradition. Of course, >women have exual access to God's plan of salvation. There is probably not >a 'status quo' role for women or men. One of Paul's great successes is that >he did not violate tradition greatly in preaching the Good News. Had he done >so, Christianity would not have been successful! Paul did not change cultural practices unless it was necessary. But he did say that women were to be in subjection "as under the law" in I Corinthians 14. Most Corinthians were not under the law. Paul did not address hardly anything to the Jews in I Corinthians, if anything at all. the only thing that I can recall having to deal with Jews (other than specific Jews like he , Appolos and Peter) is that he said that the Jews required a sign in chapter 1.