Good article. Perhaps in a future article you could address submission - for both parties - more directly, and reduce to practice. The man's call to submission is easily discerned from your writings; I can't recall reading an equivalent depiction for women. Many women, who see themselves as perfectly Christian, crave power over men, plain and simple.
Thanks, but I'm not sure what you mean by 'the man's call to submission.' Husbands aren't called to submit to their wives.
And I think this article explains what submission involves for wives:
'In the ordinary government of family life, a wife must allow her husband to exercise authority. She should give her counsel honestly, but once he has heard her and made a legitimate decision within his authority, she should ordinarily cooperate rather than continue arguing until he gives way.'
By 'the man's call to submission', I was referring to the Cross
Wifely submission, per your framing above, is a challenge for many of us. Beyond Ephesians 5, what authority should we all be citing to substantiate this directive? Most modern women crave power.
Good article. Perhaps in a future article you could address submission - for both parties - more directly, and reduce to practice. The man's call to submission is easily discerned from your writings; I can't recall reading an equivalent depiction for women. Many women, who see themselves as perfectly Christian, crave power over men, plain and simple.
Thanks, but I'm not sure what you mean by 'the man's call to submission.' Husbands aren't called to submit to their wives.
And I think this article explains what submission involves for wives:
'In the ordinary government of family life, a wife must allow her husband to exercise authority. She should give her counsel honestly, but once he has heard her and made a legitimate decision within his authority, she should ordinarily cooperate rather than continue arguing until he gives way.'
By 'the man's call to submission', I was referring to the Cross
Wifely submission, per your framing above, is a challenge for many of us. Beyond Ephesians 5, what authority should we all be citing to substantiate this directive? Most modern women crave power.
You don't really need to 'substantiate' the directive except by saying it's what the Catholic Church teaches.
The Catechism of Trent says 'the duties of a wife are thus summed up by the Prince of the Apostles: Let wives be subject to their husbands.'
It adds that the husband has a duty 'to keep all his family in order, to correct their morals, and see that they faithfully discharge their duties.'
So if a wife is failing in her duties, her husband is failing to his duty to see that she does hers.