Jesus’s respect for women was not as appealing to the guys who inherited his operation. St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430) was one of the most significant figures in early Christian theology, and a beautiful writer and theologian. But a hero to women, he was not: “What is the difference whether it is in a wife or a mother, it is still Eve the temptress that we must beware of in any woman…. I fail to see what use woman can be to man, if one excludes the function of bearing children.” “Woman was merely man’s helpmate, a function which pertains to her alone. She is not the image of God but as far
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