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Thank you for you explanation. It makes sense. I don’t believe you are correct but at least you have some reason. More clarification is needed. You seem to be saying that the Church cannot abborogate(sp) it. It seems that if it were as you think it is that the Pope would have said something, his teachings are protected by the same Holy Spirit that inspires the Bible. It seems to me to fall under what you loose on earth.I still say this is bait and switch, but here goes anyway:
*But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled dishonors her head*–it is the same as if her head were shaven.
For if a woman will not veil herself, then she should cut off her hair; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her wear a veil.
For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God;** but woman is the glory of man**.
Paul first tells us the proper relationship of God, men and women. Christ is to man as man is to woman.
Paul then describes head coverings, first that man is NOT to wear any and second that woman is to wear head coverings, because if a woman does not wear a covering then she brings dishonor to her head, and in this case Paul is not talking about her physical head, he is talking about her man, for the man is the head of the woman as Christ is the head of the man. This means when a woman dishonors the man, she is also dishonoring Christ, who is the head of the man. Now, this dishonor wrought upon her head, the man, is the same disgrace as if she were bald, cleaned shaven.
Now notice how Paul says “For if a woman will not veil herself,” which is a negative construct, he is accusing the woman here of being unwilling to do what she is called to do, which means since she is prideful, she should then shave her head so all can see her disgrace, yet if the shaved head is too much for her, she should wear a veil. This is important: In every case Paul says the woman should be wearing a veil.
Now, you are quite right that the NT has not been with us for 1970years, but the practice of wearing veils has been, which was my main point.
You also said that wearing veils is not a mandate from God, well the Holy Spirit is God, and Paul wrote under the direction or inspiration of the Holy Spirit and Paul makes it very clear that woman are to wear a veil. So, if you say wearing veils is not a mandate, then you are saying the Holy Spirit (God) made a mistake when He inspired Paul. Then, you will also have to say the Church made a mistake for 1970 years of practicing the custom of women wearing veils in Church, for it has been an unbroken Tradition of the Church since the Church began, which is exactly why it was included in Canon Law in 1917…it was clear to the Church that head coverings reached the strength of Law, so they formally included it in the Law. The 1983 Law does not include the Canon, yuet as I have talked about many times on this thread, there are several 1983 Canons that prove head coverings are still mandated.