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Are
Christian women biblically required to posses
 head
coverings when attending a worship service?
The main Scripture to be cited regarding the
issue
of head coverings is: 1 Corinthians 11:3-10
From this passage, we can conclude:
1. That men are to pray with their heads
uncovered.
2. That women are to pray with their heads
covered.
The question is, then, what is this
covering?
This is cleared up later in the same
chapter:
1 Corinthians 11:14-16
Obviously, the conclusion is that men are to
pray... prophesy with short hair while women
pray... prophesy with hair becoming a woman.
This is consistent with the remainder of New
Testament teachings on how men are to look
and dress like men and women are to look and
dress like women.
Legalism can creep in on this subject very
easily, and in 2 major ways:
1. By forcing women to wear an artificial
head covering at all times during worship
services, which the text, even it's most
conservative interpretation, does not infer.
It is only given in a context of when women
are praying / prophesying, and thus cannot
be stretched through the entire worship
service, especially in congregations which
restrict women to silence.
2. By insisting on a definition of how short
is short or how long is long.
Ultimately, these fine details should be
resolved on a personal basis, not legislated
by an agenda that is legalistic in nature.
Consider:
1 Corinthians 11:12-13
Paul is encouraging us to judge for
ourselves on this matter. And, the
teaching remains: long hair has been given
to woman as a head covering, not lace,
cotton, or silk.
Sincerely, Dr. Arthur Belanger
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