Christian head covering , also known as Christian veiling , is the traditional practice of women covering their head in a variety of Christian denominations. Some Christian women wear the head covering in public worship and during private prayer at home, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] while others esp. Conservative Anabaptists believe women should wear head coverings at all times. Those enjoining the practice of head covering for Christian women while "praying and prophesying" ground their argument in 1 Corinthians During the time of Moses , the Bible records that it was normative for women to wear a head covering cf.
Numbers In the Old Testament's Book of Daniel , Susanna wore a headcovering and wicked men demanded that it be removed so that they might lust after her cf. Susanna β Multiple Church Fathers taught that the hair of a woman has sexual potency, therefore it should only be for her husband to see and covered the rest of the time. But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. Because you can't avoid wearing a veil, you should not find some other way to nullify it.
That is, by going about neither covered nor bare. For some women do not veil their heads, but rather bind them up with turbans and woollen bands. It's true that they are protected in front. But where the head properly lies, they are bare. Others cover only the area of the brain with small linen coifs that do not even quite reach the ears.
They should know that the entire head constitutes the woman. Its limits and boundaries reach as far as the place where the robe begins.
