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He was filled with remorse and promised to let her do as she pleased. She thus obtained complete mastery over him. She made him burn the wretched book and remained faithful to him. She announces the she will now tell her tale. It virtually amounts to a defense of her marrying more than once. Her Prologue is a confession of all the techniques through which she gained control and supremacy over her five husbands.

She is a parody of the conventional oppressed wife. The Wife of Bath may be seen as one of the earliest feminist characters. The Wife of Bath presents a strong case for the liberation of women.

She refutes the stereotype that women ought to be meek and submissive and asserts that she would never refuse to have sex with her husband if he wished to do so. Her argument is that the sexual organs were made for both procreation as well as pleasure. She candidly acknowledges that virginity is superior but adds that it is only viable for those who wish to lead a perfect life.

The Wife of Bath logically argues in favor of marriage. In the Middle Ages virginity was highly prized and marriage was seen as an inferior state. The Wife of Bath uses Scripture to prove her point. She points out that the scriptures do not officially condemn marrying more than once and cites instances of great men who took more than one wife. She quotes St. Paul who said that it was better to marry than to burn. Virginity was only an ideal to be aimed at by the select few who wanted to become perfect Christians.

And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. And he himself believed, and all his household. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: 18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. And the fourth river is Euphrates. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God separated the light from the darkness. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

And it was so. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day. And God saw that it was good. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.

And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. And God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

You shall have them for food. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And the evening and the morning were the second day. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Into your hand they are delivered. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Ham was the father of Canaan. Their faces were turned backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness. English Standard Version King James Version 1 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.

Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? This is my rule in all the churches. Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision.

Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. Do not be concerned about it. But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ. Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Relate evidence from the text to your line of argument. Are you a teacher? Term for a worshipping community of Christians. The building in which Christians traditionally meet for worship. The worldwide community of Christian believers.

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