Christ came to earth as the Son of Man. The first creature on earth fashioned in an unrivaled sense as God’s image was therefore a man; that seems to indicate to me that he wished to institute only men as his official representatives on earth. Yet, he bound himself so intimately to one woman as no other on earth: He formed her so closely after his own image as no other human being before or after; he gave her a place in the Church for all eternity such as has been given to no other human being. And just so, he has called women in all times to the most
