Interpretácia zjaveného Slova pomocou tradície Cirkvi – v otázke podriadenosti ženy mužovi podľa Pavlovho Listu Efezanom (Ef 5, 21–33)
Interpretation of the Revealed Word by the Tradition of the Church – the Issue of Subordination of Woman to Man in the Saint Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians (Eph 5 : 21–33)

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of the present lecture is to provide, by the means of the Church tradition, the interpetation of a serious social problem which the Apostle Paul introduced in his letters, especially in the Letter to the Ephesians (Eph 5 : 21–33) – the issue of the subordination of woman to man. The article has three parts: 1. Paul’s view on the suborditation of female to male in the historical circumstances of the first century of Christianity 2. The view of the Church tradition on the relation between men and women from the post-apostolic era to the 21st century popes. 3. Concluding summary in the context of current views on the status of women in modern society. In the first and principal part of the article we point to Paul’s understanding of the relationship of Christ and the Church which he himself describes as a great secret. Also the relationship of man and woman in marriage he considers a “mystery” that represents “mysterium salutis” (mystery of salvation) in the world. Paul judges human marriage in the context of Christ and the Church which means that it is an image of the covenant between God and the chosen people as well as the covenant between Jesus Christ and his Church. It is thus the image of “the new and eternal covenant”, i.e. the paschal one. With this reasoning (Eph 5 : 21–33) Paul refers to the mystical grandeur of marriage.

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