"the more diverse the characteristics of man and woman in the identity of human nature, the more perfect and fruitful their union in love can be."

That "the 'persons' [of the Godhead] are so different that they cannot be subsumed under any generic concept of person and precisely thus constitute the one and only essence of God. . . .  suggests the following anthropological principle:  the more diverse the characteristics of man and woman in the identity of human nature, the more perfect and fruitful their union in love can be."

     Hans Urs von Balthasar, "Thoughts on the priesthood of women," trans. Adrian Walker, Communio:  international Catholic review 23, no. 4 (Winter 1996):  703 (701-709).