The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Head coverings

As you might guess, there are different views as to what head covering means. My charismatic friend attends a church where the women are strongly encouraged to have long hair. They believe that this serves the purpose of a head covering when they are at worship. They cite 1Cor. 11:15 as their proof text. In the article by David Silversides, as recommended by Pilgrim, he shows historical evidence that the uniform dress for women in worship was some type of cloth covering for the head and hair { not the face}. This evidence is paintings on the walls of the catacombs, dating from 100-300 AD. This doctrine stayed the same at least through the time of Augustine {354-430}. As far as biblical evidence, v15 is explained by John Murray {1898-1975}, in the same article. He shows how v15 cannot mean a woman's hair as it would make nonsense of v6.