Covered Head or Not ?

Kosherboy · 09-03-2010, 08:31 AM

Does your Church Follow this commandment ?

"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." 1Cor. 11:4-
If so why Not.
And since many Claim Paul teaches not to follow the Law, why is he saying this to the Church of Corinth ?

Leafrivermac · 09-03-2010, 11:07 AM

Yes, I believe we are to follow these instructions. I believe that the particular church I attend do observe this practice in as women are encouraged to not cut their hair, as men are to keep their hair shorter.
I know that in some of our sister churches on the west coast the women wear shawls for this reason and some do trim their hair some.
I'm curious tho what you consider "covered" . . .unshorn hair or shawls?

leafriverlizzie · 09-03-2010, 12:10 PM

The Hispanic apostolic churches do cover their head. I have several coverings and I wear them when at those churches out of respect.
But l Corinthians 11:15 says "but if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her for her hair is given her for a covering." To me this means I don't need to wear the covering since I have long hair. That's why the ladies at our church all have long hair.

Kosherboy · 09-03-2010, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by leafriverlizzie

The Hispanic apostolic churches do cover their head. I have several coverings and I wear them when at those churches out of respect.
But l Corinthians 11:15 says "but if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her for her hair is given her for a covering." To me this means I don't need to wear the covering since I have long hair. That's why the ladies at our church all have long hair.

Very Good !

cataway · 09-04-2010, 05:19 AM

oh but is does speek of a woman doing some thing not just being there "But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head"

Snooky · 09-04-2010, 05:22 AM

Good to see Mac & his wife posting today. I missed you good folks.
KB This is one of those issues which was widely practiced by most of the christian movements as recently as 75-100 years ago. Are we able to dismiss these practices today as irrelivant and for the time past? OR must we return to that which due to differing reasons has been set aside? We are still in the time of the "making herself ready" period which I see having started at Pentecost and is to continue until the Bride which "hath made herself ready" is caught away.
It is recorded that the early Baptists and others who left the Mansfield, La. area and entered into modern day Texas, has services more vile and demonstrative than most any Pentecostal service today. Men and women shook, quaked, danced, shouted, and spoke in strange unknown tongues and had to be carried home while in strange transe like conditions. Women jerked so violently that their long uncut hair popped like buggy whips. As late as the early 20 century, Baptist and Medthodists had altars where the unsaved came to pray for deliverance. When one pressed through unto victory, everyone shouted as if a touchdown had just been scored at a modern day football game.
My question is--Were those of the day wrong at the time? If not, why have the churches ceased these practices.
Does Gods desires change with the times and customs of society? Or do we return to the place from which we have fallen? If so be that we have fallen?

Sylvan · 09-04-2010, 06:57 AM

I have no problem with such traditions, however, to give too much attention to them is, imo, putting form over substance. To argue over it is to create an issue where none is warranted, serves no usefull purpose and in the end is harmfull to the faith.

Snooky · 09-04-2010, 11:12 AM

To argue over it is to create an issue where none is warranted, serves no usefull purpose and in the end is harmfull to the faith.

I cannot bring myself to believe that contending for the faith that was once delievered unto the saints is ever harmful to the faith. IMO allowing errors and traditions contrary to the original is where the harm comes about.
Is there such a thing as a "half truth"? Isn't it the whole truth, or else a total falsehood?

Kosherboy · 09-04-2010, 01:29 PM

Come out of [Babylon], my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes". (Revelation 18:4-5)

This is where the church has fallen to, "Babylon", a church with no morals, no love, no compassion, no obedience to God's commandments and following the things of the world, preaching prosperity instead of the blood of Messiah as atonement for sin.

LBR · 09-04-2010, 08:03 PM

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Men and women shook, quaked, danced, shouted, and spoke in strange unknown tongues and had to be carried home while in strange transe like conditions. Women jerked so violently that their long uncut hair popped like buggy whips. As late as the early 20 century, Baptist and Medthodists had altars where the unsaved came to pray for deliverance. When one pressed through unto victory, everyone shouted as if a touchdown had just been scored at a modern day football game.

Where is there a Biblical example, command, precident, etc. for the above?

At one time, back in the "old days", there were Quakers, Shakers, and witch hunts.

I really don't believe that women's hair popped like a buggy whip. Even if it did, what was the point and purpose? Where's the Biblical example? Where's the command for a lost person to pray for themself?

A tradition without Biblical precident--no matter how old, no matter who started it, no matter who practiced it--is nothing more than a tradition.