07-11-2006, 11:45 AM
<b>Christianity's scorned feminine </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->New Delhi: The Genesis stated man and woman were equal. <b>But in the Bible, Eve - created from Adamâs rib - was considered inferior.
She was the temptress who is said to have caused the fall of man. </b>
Ever since the mythological era, <b>women in Christianity - especially in the Catholic Church - have had to live on an unequal footing with man</b>.
When author Dan Brownâs sensational book The Da Vinci Code propounded the theory of Mary Magdalene - a woman looked down upon as a prostitute - being the closest apostle (or may be even wife) of Jesus Christ, it shook the patriarchal Christian world.
The controversy over the authenticity of the Da Vinci masterpiece, The Last Supper â where Magdalene is shown sitting towards Jesusâ right - is far from over, but the Christian world continues to question how a woman could have been so close to Christ.
âWhile no one has a problem with Mary Magdalene being a close apostle of Jesus, the problem lies in the fact that the book claims he was married to her. That's what everyone has a problem with,â President, All India Catholic Union, John Dayal says.
<b>Well, fiction alright, but the book sure is one of the best examples of the Catholic Church's aversion to women.</b>
<b>Sister Mary Scaria has been a nun for 21 years. Today the 44-year-old nun is a lawyer with the Supreme Court. Qualified though she is, she can only aspire to become the Superior General of her Congregation</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
She was the temptress who is said to have caused the fall of man. </b>
Ever since the mythological era, <b>women in Christianity - especially in the Catholic Church - have had to live on an unequal footing with man</b>.
When author Dan Brownâs sensational book The Da Vinci Code propounded the theory of Mary Magdalene - a woman looked down upon as a prostitute - being the closest apostle (or may be even wife) of Jesus Christ, it shook the patriarchal Christian world.
The controversy over the authenticity of the Da Vinci masterpiece, The Last Supper â where Magdalene is shown sitting towards Jesusâ right - is far from over, but the Christian world continues to question how a woman could have been so close to Christ.
âWhile no one has a problem with Mary Magdalene being a close apostle of Jesus, the problem lies in the fact that the book claims he was married to her. That's what everyone has a problem with,â President, All India Catholic Union, John Dayal says.
<b>Well, fiction alright, but the book sure is one of the best examples of the Catholic Church's aversion to women.</b>
<b>Sister Mary Scaria has been a nun for 21 years. Today the 44-year-old nun is a lawyer with the Supreme Court. Qualified though she is, she can only aspire to become the Superior General of her Congregation</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->