28. Now let us
examine some other objections raised by the Arians. It is
written, say they, that “the head of every man is Christ, and the
head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.” 1 Cor. xi. 3. Let them, if they please, tell me
what they mean by this objection—whether to join together, or to
dissociate, these four terms. Suppose they mean to join them, and
say that God is the Head of Christ in the same sense and manner as man
is the head of woman. Mark what a conclusion they fall
into. For if this comparison proceeds on the supposed equality of
the terms of it, and these four—woman, man, Christ, and
God—are viewed together as in virtue of a likeness resulting from
their being of one and the same nature, then woman and God will begin
to come under one definition.