The Importance of Veiling: Women, Authority, and Prayer

Lesson Transcript

Instead, he gives reason after reason after reason why the application is different for both the man and the woman. But every woman, praying or prophesying with her head uncovered, dishonors her head. Not stopping there, he adds, for it is the same as if she were shaven. If being shaven is always dishonorable, then it's evident that being uncovered is always a disgrace. For this reason, the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head.

Therefore, women ought to veil their heads especially in prayer because of the angels, but also let them be veiled outside of the church, showing respect and humility, for it is not becoming of a woman to pray or to walk about unveiled. And so here we start seeing that it sounded differently back then.