NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

1 Corinthians 11:3

Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III

Whom does he bless? Not the woman decked out, but another's hair, and through them another head. And if "the man is head of the woman, and God of the man,"[115]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV "For I would have you know," says the apostle, "that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man: for the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man. For neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord."[92]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV

And if "the Lord is head of the man, and the man is head of the woman," the man, "being the image and glory of God, is lord of the woman."[95]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V

, the head] is, then, a sign of most princely rule; and otherwise we have heard it said, "The Head of Christ is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."[89]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V "The head of every man is Christ."[338]

Tertullian Against Praxeas " Now this, to be sure, is an astonishing thing, that the Father can be taken to be the face of the Son, when He is His head; for "the head of Christ is God."[170]

Tertullian On Prayer

, it is the custom of some to make prayer with cloaks doffed, for so do the nations approach their idols; which practice, of course, were its observance becoming, the apostles, who teach concerning the garb of prayer.[95]

Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins

,"[26]

Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins

is not to cover his head: to wit, because he has not by nature been gifted with excess of hair; because to be shaven or shorn is not shameful to him; because it was not on his account that the angels transgressed; because his Head is Christ.[31]

Origen de Principiis Book II

who is the head of all things, alone having as head God the Father; for it is written, "The head of Christ is God; "[77]

Victorinus Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John "And His head and His hairs were white as it were white wool, and as it were snow."] On the head the whiteness is shown; "but the head of Christ is God."[5]

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book I

Let the wife be obedient to her own proper husband, because "the husband is the head of the wife."[32]

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book III

For, had it been necessary for women to teach, He Himself had first commanded these also to instruct the people with us. For "if the head of the wife be the man,"[21]

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book III

Therefore we do not advise you to it; for it is dangerous, or rather wicked and impious. For if the "man be the head of the woman,"[33]

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1 Corinthians 11:3

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