Hi! Great video! I liked hearing from Dr. Peppiatt. There is one point I would disagree with regarding the verse, "But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.," Head in Greek (kephale) does not have the same meaning in Greek as it does in English. We often use the word head as "authority." Head of the company, head of the department, etc. In Greek, the word head is never used that way. It does not carry the meaning of authority. It DOES carry a meaning that we don't use in English, which is "source." Christ is the source of every man, the source of the woman is man (taken from the rib). Yet, man is also born of woman (verse 12), so woman has now also become the source of man, as he was the original source for woman. This is speaking about our source of life, not about authority. If we stick to thinking this is about authority, then we commit heresy when it comes to the statement, "The head of Christ is God." If we say that the "head" refers to hierarchy, then we have fallen into the heresy of subordinationism. Thanks!
Bread of Life thanks for this! I completely agree with you. I’m 99% sure Dr Peppiatt does too so not sure where the disagreement is but yes this is a good and important point you raise. I think she was trying to make sense of the common interpretation of headship rather than stating that this is her definitive way of seeing it. Glad we’re on the same page and thank you for your support
@@preachwhatyoupractice1023 Thanks for responding! I guess it sounded like Dr. Peppiatt was affirming a hierarchy. But I went back and listened again and I think she is just saying that in that culture they definitely had the idea of a hierarchy, but Paul was subtly changing their idea about it. 1 Corinthians 11 is a very confusing passage, and I don't I understand it, despite the time I've spent trying to understand it. I am so encouraged to see these interviews you did with women who are Christian leaders. Thanks for your efforts.
Bread of Life theres plenty more to come. Yes that was her point entirely. I study at the university she is the principal of and I know that they strongly dismiss the notion of hierarchy so don’t worry. You should check out her book Women and worship at Corinth and you will understand the passage much better
Hi! Great video! I liked hearing from Dr. Peppiatt. There is one point I would disagree with regarding the verse, "But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.," Head in Greek (kephale) does not have the same meaning in Greek as it does in English. We often use the word head as "authority." Head of the company, head of the department, etc. In Greek, the word head is never used that way. It does not carry the meaning of authority. It DOES carry a meaning that we don't use in English, which is "source." Christ is the source of every man, the source of the woman is man (taken from the rib). Yet, man is also born of woman (verse 12), so woman has now also become the source of man, as he was the original source for woman. This is speaking about our source of life, not about authority. If we stick to thinking this is about authority, then we commit heresy when it comes to the statement, "The head of Christ is God." If we say that the "head" refers to hierarchy, then we have fallen into the heresy of subordinationism. Thanks!
Bread of Life thanks for this! I completely agree with you. I’m 99% sure Dr Peppiatt does too so not sure where the disagreement is but yes this is a good and important point you raise. I think she was trying to make sense of the common interpretation of headship rather than stating that this is her definitive way of seeing it. Glad we’re on the same page and thank you for your support
@@preachwhatyoupractice1023 Thanks for responding! I guess it sounded like Dr. Peppiatt was affirming a hierarchy. But I went back and listened again and I think she is just saying that in that culture they definitely had the idea of a hierarchy, but Paul was subtly changing their idea about it. 1 Corinthians 11 is a very confusing passage, and I don't I understand it, despite the time I've spent trying to understand it. I am so encouraged to see these interviews you did with women who are Christian leaders. Thanks for your efforts.
Bread of Life theres plenty more to come. Yes that was her point entirely. I study at the university she is the principal of and I know that they strongly dismiss the notion of hierarchy so don’t worry. You should check out her book Women and worship at Corinth and you will understand the passage much better