Talk:1 Corinthians 11

Abusing Scripture: The Consequences of Misreading the Bible By Manfred Brauch "This metaphorical meaning of kephale" (as source or origin) is also the most appropriate meaning of kephale for Christ in relation to man Paul, as other New Testament writers, affirmed Christ as the one by whom and through whom all things were created (Jn 1:3; 1 Cor 8:6; Col 1:16; Heb 1:3) Therefore, Paul sees Christ as the kephale (source and origin) of the church. A fifth and final word, “hypotasso” (submission), used to describe male-female relation in Eph.5:22-24; Col.3:18; 1Tim2:11; tit.2:5, 1Pet. 3:1-5, is best understood as self-giving in serving. Eph.5:21 is clear about the mutuality aspect of such hypotasso.

Cyril of Alexandria was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. He was enthroned when the city was at the height of its influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the late-4th and 5th centuries. In the fifth century A.D. he wrote, “Thus we say that the kephale of every man is Christ, because he was made through Him and brought forward to birth…. And the kephale of woman is man, because she was taken from his flesh and has him as her source. Likewise, the kephale of Christ is God, because He is from Him according to nature.”

Complementarianism is a belief that limits the roles of a wife to those that won’t infringe on her husband as head ‘over’ her. As such, Complementarianism is a form of patriarchy, but, unlike full-blown Patriarchy, which has women subject to men in every area of society, this version is restricted to how it effects the spousal relationship.