'''Complementarianism''' is the traditional theological position which holds , based on [[Bible|Biblical]] evidence , that [[God]] created [[male]] and [[female]] uniquely compatible and complementary, and which opposite genders alone can be joined in marriage. (Gen. 2:18-24) In addition, they understand that while both genders were made by God in His image and likeness, (Gen. 1:26-27) and their complementary nature manifests interdependence, yet in so doing God has established the man as the head of the women. This hierarchical order is patterned after the relationship between the Father and Son, which is explicitly declared in 1 Corinthians 11:3:
{{Cquote|But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.}}
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Nineteenth -century Christian historian [[Philip Schaff]] records the teaching of early church fathers of the third and fourth century, stating in regards to 1 Cor. 14: 34,35,
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We do not permit our “women to teach in the Church, but only to pray and hear those that teach; for our Master and Lord, Jesus Himself, when He sent us the twelve to make disciples of the people and of the nations, did nowhere send out women to preach,..<ref>Schaff, ANF07: ''ANF07: Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries: Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions, Homily</ref>
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Likewise , Presbyterian theologian and Bible commentator [[Albert Barnes (theologian)|Albert Barnes]] (1798 –1 870) stated,
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[[Matthew Henry]] (1662 – 1714) in his extensive commentary, entertains allowing “praying, and uttering hymns inspired” by women, as such “were not teaching”.<ref>http://www.searchgodsword.org/com/mhc-com/view.cgi?book=1co&chapter=014</ref>
Nineteenth -century Congregationalist A. Hastings Boss, D.D., writing in 1870 in the ''Bibliotheca sacra and theological review'', found no sanctioned “instance in the Bible of a woman's speaking in public”, in that of Miriam, Deborah, Huldah, Anna, and stated that
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If these prophetesses had each been called to public speaking, they would have been exceptions to the general rule, in striking contrast with the conduct of all other women under the law. Certainly no rule could have been or can now be founded upon these exceptional cases.
== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.cbmw.org/wp-content/uploads/articles_pdf/ware_bruce/positionsummaries.pdf ''Summaries of the Egalitarian and Complementarian Positions on the Role of Women in the Home and in Christian Ministry'']
* [https://www.cbmw.org/slaves-women-and-homosexuals-by-william-j-webb-review-by-wayne-grudem/ ''Slaves, Women and Homosexuals,'' - review by Wayne Grudem]
* [http://www.monergism.com/monthly_focus/complimentarianism_vs_egalitar.php Complementarianism vs. Egalitarianism sources]
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