Christ Quote by Christine de Pizan
““As for those who state that it is thanks to a woman, the lady Eve, that man was expelled from paradise, my answer to them would be that man has gained far more through Mary than he ever lost through Eve.””
![“Mary, having a man betrothed [to her], and being nevertheless a virgin, by yielding obedience, become the cause of salvation, both to herself and the whole human race.” quote by The Church Fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3f5/the-church-fathers-1438_human-race_mary-having-a-man-betrothed-to-her-and-b_123405.jpg)
![“By the fall a poison was handed to mankind through a woman [Eve], by the Redemption man was given salvation also through a woman [Mary].” quote by Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6be/saint-augustine-328_fall_by-the-fall-a-poison-was-handed-to-manki_439682.jpg)
![“Through a woman [Eve] a curse fell upon the earth; through a woman [Mary] as well there returned to the earth a blessing.” quote by Peter Damian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/82a/peter-damian-41635_blessing_through-a-woman-eve-a-curse-fell-upon-th_2501646.jpg)
![“Does a rake deserve to possess anything of worth, since he chases everything in skirts and then imagines he can successfully hide his shame by slandering [women in general]?” quote by Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6ff/christine-de-pizan-13257_deserve_does-a-rake-deserve-to-possess-anything_259776.jpg)
![“Oh! What honour for the female sex! It is perfectly obvious that God has special regard for it when all these wretched people who destroyed the whole Kingdom – now recovered and made safe by a woman, something that 5000 men could not have done – and the traitors [have been] exterminated. Before…” quote by Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6c1/christine-de-pizan-13257_courage_oh-what-honour-for-the-female-sex-it-is_503425.jpg)
![“T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people - the new covenant, blood-bought people of God. That's why Paul said, 'Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her' (Eph. 5:25). He didn't give himself up for a…” quote by Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7a4/mark-dever-3175_blood_t-he-church-is-not-a-place-it-s-not-a-bu_3297.jpg)
