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NASB | 1 Corinthians 11:4 Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying disgraces his head. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 11:4 Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors his head [and the One who is his head]. |
Bible Question: Is the scripture in I Corinthians 11:1-16 to be considered normative for Christians as a moraly indicitive imperative, or is to be considered merely historicaly applicable to Biblical times? And is this, as is widely believed, applicable only to married men and women or does the term aner refer to first men and second husband and does the term gune refer to first woman and second wife? And wouldn't all women have had to cover their heads back then or be considered prostitutes with uncovered heads, or as temple prostitutes as ones with hair cut off? And if that was a moral imperative then for all women because of the heirarchy of headship of the whole church in Christ (because weren't all women under the authority of her father or husband or brother as no woman had her own property and no authority?), why is it not seen as such now(notwithstanding that they used a complete covering of a shawl and not a little bonnet or hat as conventions have changed)? We had a rousing discussion in our church in Bible study and most of the women refused to wear hats. But I did decided to after waiting the week after easter, which my pastor asked me to do so that my wearing a hat would not be confused with an easter hat tradition(his wife always wore a hat until she passed away). He did not press the rest, but told them he had given them the scripture and that he would leave it up to them to be convicted or not because he refused to be in the middle of a big fight between those who felt convicted and those who don't, it just was not going to be a battle he would fight because he had other fights currently running he would prefer to be winning. IN Christ always, Tamara |
Bible Answer: Subject: The Hat situation? Note: Hi Tamara: When I was a kid, the Catholic Church, had a rule about women wearing hats in Church, Im not sure, but I think they were the only church of the time that did. Although in those days hats were in, so maby women were wearing hats to other Churches, for that reason. Maby the closest you will be able to get to the answer you are looking for, is what the Catholic Church has put out concerning the issue of women wearing hats in the Church. They have changed their doctrin, and I would bet that there will be a pretty extensive decision on the matter. To go with the area of hats, I remember a time when the proper atire for women was a dress, then pants suits came out, the Churches didn't want to allow the wearing of pants suits in the Church either, but they lost the battle on that one , because of the women pushing the issue, by constantly wearing the pants suits to Church, the Churches gave in to the popular opinion, pants suits were then allowed. Well now, the pants suits have gone the way of the Dinosaur, and women are wearing whatever they want. When the pants suits went out of VOGUE, the Church didnt step up and say were going back to the wearing of dresses for women. Is it a sign of the times, or a shift in the Moral values of our society, people that go to Church, bringing into the Church, the morals of the society, The Church has the right, as the moral compass for not only the Church, but also socitey, to not let things like this change, if they have been doctrin, then why the change? But does the Church have the power? Sorry Tamara, Just wanted you to see, things have changed alot in just my life time, for who knows what reason, again my advice, is to look for some kind of decision the Catholich Church has made, I'm sure they will have it documented more than anyone else, because it was a 20th centry issue. I didnt post this the other day because I thought you wanted things only out of the Bible, or some ones oppinion from long long ago, this isnt very religious, just practical. Hope that it helps you |