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Excerpt from Biblical Studies: S. Paul on the Ministry of Women If the problem whether women may be constituted preachers to the mixed congregation is to be rightly decided, the decision must be based on Christian principles. These principles must be studied in Scripture, and especially in the teaching of S. Paul, because he is the chief exponent of this subject. Attention must be fixed on the two main passages in the First Epistle to the Corinthians, where the apostle regulates the demeanour of women in the assemblies of the Church. The two passages are I Cor. xi. 5 and I Cor. xiv. 33, and the verses following. In the former place the apostle lays down the dogmatic principles that "the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man" (verse 3). On the basis of this principle he rules that "every man praying or prophesying with his head covered dishonoureth his head. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.