In the treatise on the construction of man De opificio hominis, Gregory of Nyssa ar-gues that man is qualitatively superior to other natural creations of God. Man is created in the image of God, a condition not found, at least explicitly, for other creatures. It is up to him whether he will digest this image in question or not. Despite the superiority attributed to man, it is not claimed in any way that he shall behave towards the rest of nature by a way of domination.
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Domestic violence against women is a taboo topic, normally silenced or ignored in the literature, though socially accepted as a common way of male control over woman in the familiar context. In early Christian literature, it is difficult to find cases of violent behavior, as Christian moral principles could potentially help to conceal domestic violence against women, as it would be illegal and would offend the hierarchs’ statements to avoid violence. The lives of Matrona of Perge, Mary the Younger, and Thomaïs of Lesbos are rare examples of how domestic violence against women could be also interpreted as a reason to sanctify the woman who suffered abuses of this sort. Through the study of these three hagiographical texts, we will observe married life and its difficulties during the Middle Ages, when women actually had to submit to men, thus putting into practice the words of the Apostle Paul, “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord” (Ephes. 5,22).
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