Essentially, this is an instruction for us to perform our femininity and masculinity as a means of expressing the Logos with our lives, to use our bodies as the language of holy meaning, the flesh made Word. Woman, become womanhood, which is humanity in its relationship with God. Man, become manhood, which is a metaphor for Christ. He for God only. She for God in him. To give your life over to such spiritual meanings is an affront to the material world and is sure to incur the world’s hostility. The marketplace does not want to lose its women workers to the nursery. The state does not want to
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