Edith Stein, The Separate Vocations of Man and Woman According to Nature and Grace (1932)
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The distinction of the female sex is that a woman was the person who was permitted to help establish God's new kingdom; the distinction of the male sex is that redemption came through the Son of Man, the new Adam.
— Edith Stein on Son of man
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About Edith Stein
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (October 12 1891 – August 9 1942), born Edith Stein, was a German Saint, philosopher, a Carmelite nun, and martyr who was murdered at Auschwitz.
About Edith Stein
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (October 12 1891 – August 9 1942), born Edith Stein, was a German Saint, philosopher, a Carmelite nun, and martyr who was murdered at Auschwitz.
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