RELIGIONS
CHRISTIANITY
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Question
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At first, they had an active role, but later lost this.
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Christian women played no role in their religion.
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Christian women actively participated in infanticide.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Women did tasks as important as those of men, managed their households, and were equals in daily life, but all public decisions were made by men. Men had specific obligations they were required to perform for their wives including the provision of clothing, food, and sexual relations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Women were homemakers, like many of their biblical matriarchs, but they were also business women, educators, and makers of ritual in the home. However we have only really begun to see the emergence of female equality and parity in the last 100 years, and there is still work to be done.
Detailed explanation-3: -Catherine of Alexandria was a saint who was martyred in the early 4th century by Maxentius. She was both a princess and a noted scholar, who became a Christian around the age of 14, converted hundreds of people to Christianity, and was martyred around the age of 18.