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in simplicity you overcome her who is adorned with costly things, being more beautiful than she who is arrayed in gold. You do not seek what is fitting for you, but you pursue what is not fitting for you, when you ought to pursue good works. For this reason virgins are less honored than worldly women; for they do not show forth works worthy of their virginity. We have said these things not to all, but rather to all, to those who are accountable, that they may be sober-minded, and to those who are not, that they may make the others sober-minded. But see that the rebuke does not come to action. For we have not spoken to grieve you, but that we may be corrected, that we may glory in you. May it be that we all do the things that are pleasing to God, and live to his glory, so as to obtain the promised good things, by the grace and loving-kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ, with whom to the Father together with the. holy Spirit be glory, dominion, honor, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

HOMILY IX. Let a woman learn in quietness with all submissiveness. But I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression; but she will be saved through childbearing. if they continue in

faith and love and holiness with self-control. 1. The blessed Paul requires great modesty from women, great propriety. For this reason he proceeds not as far as their gestures, not as far as their apparel, but even as far as their voice; and what does he say? Let a woman learn in quietness. What is this? Let a woman not even speak, he says, in church; which also he said when writing in his Epistle to the Corinthians: For it is shameful for women to speak in church. Why so? Because the law, he says, has subjected them. And again elsewhere, If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home. But at that time women were silent from such teaching; but now among them there is much noise, much clamor, much talking, nowhere else so much as here; one might see them all talking about things that are not even discussed in the marketplace or in the baths. For as if coming for this very purpose, that they may have relaxation, so they are all occupied in unprofitable conversation. For this reason everything has become upside down; and they do not understand that it is not possible to learn anything useful without being quiet. For when the discourse is hurried on toward conversation, but no one pays attention to what is being said, what is the profit? For she ought to be so silent, he says, as not only not to speak about 62.544 worldly things, but not even about spiritual things in church. This is adornment, this is modesty, this will be able to adorn her more than her garments; if she so restrains herself, she will also be able to make her prayers with much propriety. But I do not permit a woman to teach. I do not permit, he says; what sequence does this have here? And a great one. He was discoursing on quietness, on propriety, on modesty; he said, I do not wish them to speak. Therefore, wishing to cut off from them every opportunity of speaking, let them not even teach, he says, but let them have the rank of learners; for thus through silence they will also show their subjection. For the female sex is somehow talkative; for this reason he restrains it on all sides. For Adam, he says, was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. What then have these things to do with the women of today? Yes, he says; the male sex enjoyed the greater honor;

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εὐτελείας νικᾷς τὴν κοσμουμένην τὰ πολυτελῆ, μᾶλλον αὐτῆς καλλωπιζομένη τῆς τὰ χρυσία περικειμένης. Ἃ πρέπει σοι οὐ ζητεῖς, ἃ οὐ πρέπει σοι, ἐκεῖνα μετέρχῃ, δέον σε τὰ ἀγαθὰ ἔργα μετιέναι. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο τῶν κοσμικῶν ἀτιμότεραι αἱ παρθένοι· οὐ γὰρ ἄξια τῆς παρθενίας τὰ ἔργα ἐπιδείκνυνται. Ταῦτα εἰρήκαμεν οὐ πρὸς πάσας, μᾶλλον δὲ πρὸς πάσας, τὰς μὲν ὑπευθύνους, ἵνα σωφρονῶσι, τὰς δὲ ἀνευθύνους, ἵνα ἐκείνας σωφρονίζωσιν. Ἀλλ' ὁρᾶτε ὅπως μὴ εἰς ἔργον ἡ ἐπιτίμησις ἔλθῃ. Οὐ γὰρ ἵνα λυπήσωμεν, εἴπομεν, ἀλλ' ἵνα διορθωσώμεθα, ἵνα καυχησώμεθα ἐν ὑμῖν. Γένοιτο δὲ πάντας ἡμᾶς τὰ τῷ Θεῷ δοκοῦντα ποιεῖν, καὶ εἰς δόξαν αὐτοῦ ζῇν, ὥστε καὶ τῶν ἐπηγγελμένων τυχεῖν ἀγαθῶν, χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, μεθ' οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ ἅμα τῷ. ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι δόξα, κράτος, τιμὴ, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

ΟΜΙΛΙΑ Θʹ. Γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ. Γυναικὶ δὲ διδάσκειν οὐκ ἐπιτρέπω, οὐδὲ αὐθεντεῖν ἀνδρὸς, ἀλλ' εἶναι ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ. Ἀδὰμ γὰρ πρῶτος ἐπλάσθη, εἶτα Εὔα· καὶ Ἀδὰμ οὐκ ἠπατήθη, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἀπατηθεῖσα ἐν παραβάσει γέγονε· σωθήσεται δὲ διὰ τῆς τεκνογονίας. ἐὰν μείνωσιν ἐν

πίστει καὶ ἀγάπῃ καὶ ἁγιασμῷ μετὰ σωφροσύνης. αʹ. Πολλὴν ἀπαιτεῖ τὴν αἰδὼ παρὰ τῶν γυναικῶν ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος, πολλὴν τὴν κοσμιότητα. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο οὐ μέχρι σχημάτων, οὐ μέχρι καταστολῆς πρόεισιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ μέχρι φωνῆς· καὶ τί φησι; Γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω. Τί ἐστι τοῦτο; Μηδὲ φθεγγέσθω, φησὶν, ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ γυνή· ὅπερ καὶ ἐν τῇ πρὸς Κορινθίους Ἐπιστολῇ γράφων ἔλεγεν· Αἰσχρὸν γάρ ἐστιν γυναιξὶν ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ λαλεῖν. Τί δήποτε; Ὅτι ὁ νόμος αὐτὰς, φησὶν, ὑπέταξε. Καὶ πάλιν ἑτέρωθι, Εἰ δέ τι μανθάνειν ἐθέλουσιν, ἐν οἴκῳ τοὺς ἰδίους ἄνδρας ἐπερωτάτωσαν. Ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν αἱ γυναῖκες ἀπὸ τῆς τοιαύτης διδασκαλίας ἐσίγων· νυνὶ δὲ παρ' αὐταῖς πολὺς ὁ θόρυβος, πολλὴ ἡ κραυγὴ, πολλὴ ἡ διάλεξις, οὐδαμοῦ ἀλλαχοῦ τοσαύτη, ὅση ἐνταῦθα· πάσας διαλεγομένας ἴδοι τις ἂν, ὅσα οὔτε ἐν ἀγορᾷ, οὔτε ἐν βαλανείοις. Ὥσπερ γὰρ δι' αὐτὸ τοῦτο παραγινόμεναι, ἵνα ἄνεσιν ἔχωσιν, οὕτω περὶ τὴν τῶν ἀνονήτων διάλεξιν ἠσχόληνται ἅπασαι. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο πάντα ἄνω καὶ κάτω γέγονε· καὶ οὐκ ἐννοοῦσιν, ὅτι οὐδὲ ἔστιν ἄλλως μαθεῖν τι τῶν χρησίμων μὴ ἡσυχαζούσας. Ὅταν γὰρ ἐπείγηται μὲν πρὸς τὴν διάλεξιν ὁ λόγος, μηδεὶς δὲ προσέχῃ τοῖς λεγομένοις, τί τὸ ὄφελος; Τοσοῦτον γὰρ αὐτὴν σιγηρὰν εἶναι δεῖ, φησὶν, ὡς μὴ μόνον περὶ 62.544 βιωτικῶν, ἀλλὰ μηδὲ περὶ πνευματικῶν φθέγγεσθαι ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ. Τοῦτο κόσμος, τοῦτο αἰδὼς, τοῦτο μᾶλλον αὐτὴν τῶν ἱματίων κοσμῆσαι δυνήσεται· ἂν οὕτως ἑαυτὴν περιστείλῃ, δυνήσεται καὶ μετὰ πολλῆς τῆς εὐκοσμίας τὰς εὐχὰς ποιεῖσθαι. Γυναικὶ δὲ οὐκ ἐπιτρέπω διδάσκειν. Οὐκ ἐπιτρέπω, φησί· ποίαν ἐνταῦθα τοῦτο ἔχει τὴν ἀκολουθίαν; Καὶ πολλήν. Περὶ ἡσυχίας διελέγετο, περὶ κοσμιότητος, περὶ αἰδοῦς· εἶπεν, ὅτι Λαλεῖν αὐτὰς οὐ βούλομαι. Πάντοθεν τοίνυν βουλόμενος αὐτῶν περικόψαι τὴν ἀφορμὴν τῆς λαλιᾶς, μηδὲ διδασκέτωσαν, φησὶν, ἀλλὰ τὴν τῶν μαθητευομένων ἐχέτωσαν τάξιν· οὕτω γὰρ διὰ τῆς σιγῆς καὶ τὴν ὑποταγὴν δείξουσι. Λάλον γάρ πως τὸ γένος ἐστί· διὰ τοῦτο πάντοθεν αὐτὴν καταστέλλει. Ἀδὰμ γὰρ, φησὶ, πρῶτος ἐπλάσθη, εἶτα Εὔα· καὶ Ἀδὰμ οὐκ ἠπατήθη, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἀπατηθεῖσα ἐν παραβάσει γέγονε. Τί οὖν ταῦτα πρὸς τὰς νῦν; Ναὶ, φησί· τῆς πλείονος ἀπέλαυσε τιμῆς τὸ τῶν ἀνδρῶν γένος·