Deuteronomy 22:5 (WEB)
A woman shall not wear men’s clothing, neither shall a man put on women’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.
Fathers and councils · 3
Tertullian
“In short, I find no dress cursed by God, except a woman’s dress on a man: for “cursed,” saith He, “is every man who clothes himself in woman’s attire.”” — editor's note: Tertullian should have added, “and a man’s on a woman.” See Deut. xxii. 5. Moreover, the word “cursed” is not used there, but “abomination” is.
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Synod of Gangra (c. 340)
“Exchange of dress, or the adoption by one sex of the dress of the other, was forbidden in the Pentateuch (Deut. xxii. 5), and was therefore most strictly interdicted by the whole ancient Church.” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
“What reason is there in the law’s prohibiting a man from “wearing woman’s clothing “?” — editor's note: Deut. xxii. 5.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 16.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 16.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 16.