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of which He has given to us? For the proof of what Christ promised is from the presence of the Spirit; He promised the kingdom of heaven, he promised incorruptibility, immortality, wisdom, sanctification, redemption. What is the proof of this gift and from where do we have the security from the Spirit, which He has given to us? For He who has given the cause of the gifts will also give what follows, and for this reason the Spirit is called a pledge of the glory that is to be revealed. {M.} Why do you reject the holy Maximilla and Priscilla and say that it is not permitted for women to prophesy? Did not Philip also have four prophesying daughters, and was not Deborah a prophetess? and does not the apostle say: 'Every woman praying or prophesying with an uncovered head,' if it is not for women to prophesy or to pray? But if they pray, let them also prophesy. {O.} We do not reject the prophecies of women, and the holy Mary prophesied, saying: 'From now on all generations will call me blessed.' And as you yourself said, the holy Philip had prophesying daughters, 457 and Mary the sister of Aaron prophesied. But we do not permit them to speak in the churches nor to have authority over men, so as to also write books in their own name. For this is for them to pray and prophesy 'uncovered,' and she did not shame her head, that is, her husband. For was not the holy Theotokos Mary able to write books in her own name? But she did not do so, in order that she might not shame her head by having authority over men. {M.} For is praying or prophesying 'with an uncovered head' not writing books? {O.} Absolutely. {M.} Therefore, if the holy Mary says: 'From now on all generations will call me blessed,' does she speak with boldness and 'uncovered,' or not? {O.} She has the evangelist as a covering. For the gospel has not been written down in her name. {M.} Do not take allegories as dogmas for me. {O.} Indeed, the holy Paul even took allegories for the confirmation of dogmas, saying that: 'Abraham had two wives, which things are an allegory. For these are the two covenants.' But let us grant that the covering of the head is not because of an allegory. Set the allegory before me over all things: if there is a poor woman and she does not have anything, with what is she covered, must she not pray nor prophesy? {M.} And can she be so poor as not to have anything with which to cover herself? {O.} Often we have seen women so poor as not to have anything with which to cover themselves. But since you yourself do not wish there to be poor women so as not to have anything with which to cover themselves, what do you do in the case of those being baptized? Must they not pray while being baptized? And what do you say about men who often cover their head because of affliction? Do you also prevent these from praying or prophesying? {M.} In that hour, in which he prays or prophesies, he uncovers it. {O.} Must he not pray without ceasing, but disobey 458 the apostle who teaches him, the one who says: 'Pray without ceasing.' And you advise the woman being baptized not to pray. {M.} Is it for this reason then that you do not accept Priscilla and Maximilla, because they composed books? {O.} Not for this reason only, but also because they became false prophetesses with their leader Montanus. {M.} From where do you know that they became false prophetesses? {O.} Have they said the same things as Montanus? {M.} Yes. {O.} But Montanus was convicted of having said things contrary to the divine scriptures, and so they will be cast out with him.

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οὗ δέδωκεν ἡμῖν; Ἡ γὰρ ἀπόδειξις, ὧν ἐπηγγείλατο Χριστός, ἐκ τῆς τοῦ πνεύματος παρουσίας ἐστίν· ἐπηγγείλατο βασιλείαν οὐρανῶν, ἐπηγγείλατο ἀφθαρσίαν, ἀθανασίαν, σοφίαν, ἁγιασμόν, ἀπολύτρωσιν. Τίς ταύτης τῆς δωρεᾶς ἀπόδειξις καὶ πόθεν ἡμῖν τὸ ἀσφαλὲς ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος, οὗ ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν; Ὁ γὰρ τὸ αἴτιον τῶν χαρισμάτων δεδωκὼς δώσει καὶ τὰ ἑπόμενα καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀῤῥαβὼν εἴρηται τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς μελλούσης ἀποκαλύπτεσθαι δόξης. {Μ.} ∆ιὰ τί δὲ καὶ τὰς ἁγίας Μαξίμιλλαν καὶ Πρίσκιλλαν ἀποστρέφεσθε καὶ λέγετε μὴ ἐξὸν εἶναι προφητεύειν γυναιξίν; Οὐκ ἦσαν καὶ τῷ Φιλίππῳ θυγατέρες τέσσαρες προφητεύουσαι καὶ ∆εββῶρα οὐκ ἦν προφῆτις; καὶ ὁ ἀπόστολος οὐ λέγει· Πᾶσα γυνὴ προσευχομένη ἢ προφητεύουσα ἀκατακαλύπτῳ τῇ κεφαλῇ, εἰ οὐκ ἔστιν γυναιξὶν προφητεύειν οὐδὲ προσεύχεσθαι; Εἰ δὲ προσεύχονται, καὶ προφητευέτωσαν. {Ο.} Ἡμεῖς τὰς προφητείας τῶν γυναικῶν οὐκ ἀποστρεφόμεθα, καὶ ἡ ἁγία Μαρία προεφήτευσε λέγουσα· Ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μακαριοῦσί με πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί. Καὶ ὡς καὶ αὐτὸς εἶπας ἦσαν τῷ ἁγίῳ Φιλίππῳ θυγατέρες προφητεύουσαι, 457 καὶ Μαρία ἡ ἀδελφὴ Ἀαρὼν προεφήτευεν. Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἐπιτρέπομεν αὐταῖς λαλεῖν ἐν ἐκκλησίαις οὐδὲ αὐθεντεῖν ἀνδρῶν, ὥστε καὶ βίβλους ἐξ ὀνόματος αὐτῶν γράφεσθαι. Τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν ἀκατακαλύπτως αὐτὰς προσεύχεσθαι καὶ προφητεύειν, καὶ οὐ κατῄσχυνε τὴν κεφαλὴν τουτέστιν τὸν ἄνδρα. Μὴ γὰρ οὐκ ἠδύνατο ἡ ἁγία Θεοτόκος Μαρία ἐξ ὀνόματος ἑαυτῆς βιβλία γράψαι; Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἐποίησεν, ἵνα μὴ καταισχύνῃ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐθεντοῦσα τῶν ἀνδρῶν. {Μ.} Τὸ γὰρ ἀκατακαλύπτῳ τῇ κεφαλῇ προσεύχεσθαι ἢ προφητεύειν ἐστὶ τὸ μὴ γράφειν βιβλία; {Ο.} Καὶ πάνυ. {Μ.} Ἐὰν οὖν λέγῃ ἡ ἁγία Μαρία· Ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μακαριοῦσίν με πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί, μετὰ παῤῥησίας λέγει καὶ ἀνακεκαλυμμένως, ἢ οὔ; {Ο.} Ἔχει κάλυμμα τὸν εὐαγγελιστήν. Οὐ γὰρ ἐξ ὀνόματος αὐτῆς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἀναγέγραπται. {Μ.} Μή μοι τὰς ἀλληγορίας ὡς δόγματα λάμβανε. {Ο.} Μάλιστα μὲν οὖν ὁ ἅγιος Παῦλος καὶ τὰς ἀλληγορίας εἰς τὰς τῶν δογμάτων βεβαιώσεις ἔλαβε λέγων, ὅτι· Ἀβραὰμ δύο γυναῖκας ἔσχεν, ἅτινά εἰσιν ἀλληγορούμενα. Αὗται γάρ εἰσιν αἱ δύο διαθῆκαι. ∆ῶμεν δέ, ὅτι οὐ διὰ ἀλληγορίαν τὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς κάλυμμα. Στῆσόν μοι ἐπὶ πάντων τὴν ἀλληγορίαν, ἐὰν ᾖ πενιχρὰ γυνὴ καὶ μὴ ἔχῃ, τί κατακαλύπτεται, οὐ δεῖ αὐτὴν προσεύχεσθαι οὐδὲ προφητεύειν; {Μ.} Καὶ δύναται εἰς τοσοῦτον εἶναι πενιχρά, ὡς μὴ ἔχειν, τί σκεπάσεται. {Ο.} Πολλάκις μὲν εἴδομεν οὕτως πενιχρὰς γυναῖκας ὥστε μὴ ἔχειν, τί σκεπάσονται. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ αὐτὸς οὐ θέλεις εἶναι πενιχρὰς γυναῖκας ὥστε μὴ ἔχειν, τί σκεπάσονται, τί ποιεῖς ἐπὶ τῶν βαπτιζομένων; Ἆρα οὐ δεῖ αὐτὰς βαπτιζομένας προσεύχεσθαι; Τί δὲ λέγεις καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν πολλάκις διὰ κάκωσιν σκεπαζομένων τὴν κεφαλήν; Ἆρα καὶ τούτους κωλύεις προσεύχεσθαι ἢ προφητεύειν; {Μ.} Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ, ᾗ προσεύχεται ἢ προφητεύει, ἀνακαλύπτεται. {Ο.} Οὐ δεῖ αὐτὸν ἀδιαλείπτως προσεύχεσθαι, ἀλλὰ παρα 458 κούειν τοῦ ἀποστόλου διδάσκοντος αὐτόν, τοῦ λέγοντος· Ἀδιαλείπτως προσεύχεσθε. Καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα δὲ συμβουλεύεις βαπτιζομένην μὴ προσεύχεσθαι. {Μ.} ∆ιὰ τοῦτο οὖν οὐ δέχεσθε Πρίσκιλλαν καὶ Μαξίμιλλαν, ἐπειδὴ βιβλία συνέταξαν. {Ο.} Οὐ διὰ τοῦτο μόνον, ἀλλ' ὅτι καὶ ψευδοπροφήτιδες γεγόνασι μετὰ τοῦ ἐξάρχου αὐτῶν Μοντανοῦ. {Μ.} Πόθεν, ὅτι ψευδοπροφήτιδες γεγόνασιν; {Ο.} Τὰ αὐτὰ Μοντανῷ εἰρήκασιν; {Μ.} Ναί. {Ο.} Ἠλέγχθη δὲ Μοντανὸς ἐναντία ταῖς θείαις γραφαῖς εἰρηκώς, καὶ αὐταὶ ἄρα αὐτῷ συνεκβληθήσονται.