In the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: "Let women be silent in the church. But if any wish to learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home." [4424] Also to Timothy: "Let a woman learn with silence, in all subjection. But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to be set over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve; and Adam was not seduced, but the woman was seduced." [4425]

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Footnotes:

[4424] 1 Corinthians 14:34, 35. [Women might have spiritual gifts, like the daughters of Philip, Acts 21:9; but even such are here forbidden to use them in the public worship of the Church.]

[4425] 1 Timothy 2:11-14.