Ephesians 5:23 (WEB)
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
Fathers and councils · 14
Council of Chalcedon (451)
“The “Steward of the Church” was to “take care of the revenues of the church widowed” by the death of its bishop, who was regarded as representing Him to whom the whole Church was espoused (see Eph. v. 23 ff.).” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“…of man, as the Apostle has clearly expressed in another passage, where he says: “Since man is the head of woman, even as Christ is the Head of the Church;” whilst in the words following he has added: “Who gave Himself for her.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 23.
Read the whole comment“For He is the foundation of all, and is the head of the Church, in Whom our common nature according to the flesh has merited the right to the heavenly throne.” — editor's note: Eph. v. 23.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For He Himself is “the Saviour of the Body.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 23.
Read the whole comment“But perhaps that Christ, the Head of the Church, the Saviour of the body, is the seed of Abraham, and therefore of David; but we are not Abraham’s seed?” — editor's note: Eph. v. 23.
Read the whole comment“The command is, “Let wives be subject unto their own husbands, as unto the Lord; because the husband is the head of the wife;” and, “Husbands, love your wives.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 22–28
Read the whole comment“…leadership and assistance; and thus, in accordance with primitive peace and order, both the man is subject to Christ, and the woman is subject to the man.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xi. 3 and Eph. v. 23.
Read the whole comment“Thy father and I, she saith, “for the husband is the head of the woman.”” — editor's note: Ephes. v. 23.
Read the whole comment“The man is stronger than the woman, the “man is the head of the woman.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 23.
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Leo the Great
“For even then in the priests was prefigured the Spiritual marriage of Christ and His Church: so that since “the man is the head of the woman,” the spouse of the Word may learn to know no other man but Christ, who did rightly choose her only, loves her only, and takes none but her into His alliance.” — editor's note: Eph. v. 23.
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Jerome
“That Christ Himself, although in the flesh a virgin, was in the spirit a monogamist, having one wife, even the Church, I have shown in the latter part of my argument.” — editor's note: Eph. v. 23, 24.
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Tertullian
““Because,” says he, “the husband is the head of the wife.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 23.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For no man ever yet hated his own flesh.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 21–29.
Read the whole comment“Further, the broad gold mitre indicates the regal power of the Lord, “since the Head of the Church” is the Saviour.” — editor's note: Eph. v. 23.
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Cross-references · 19
Cited together in Letters Letter 12.
Cited together in Letters Letter 12.
Cited together in Letters Letter 12.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in Letters Letter 12.
Cited together in Letters Letter 12.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in Letters Letter 12.
Cited together in Letters Letter 12.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 82.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.3.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.3.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.3.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.3 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 82.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.