32. But the saying, that in respect of the Incarnation God is the Head of Christ, leads on to the principle that Christ, as Incarnate, is the Head of man, as the Apostle has clearly expressed in another passage, where he says: “Since man is the head of woman, even as Christ is the Head of the Church;” Eph. v. 23. whilst in the words following he has added: “Who gave Himself for her.” Eph. v. 25. After His Incarnation, then, is Christ the head of man, for His self-surrender issued from His Incarnation.