Head Coverings are Evil

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Not to open up a can of worms, but I can’t believe that all “Bible Only” Christian women don’t wear head coverings. Where in the Bible does it say that women no longer had to wear head coverings? This was a question I’ve been pondering for quite a while.

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From the tone of your original posting it sounds as though this clan member is not interested in being persuaded one way or another. Your best response is to turn aside the argument. (Scripture supports this as a viable position.)

Simply say that each is entitled to his own opinion no matter how wrong it is.

You have thereby implied that her position may be correct and yours may be wrong without actually admitting anything.

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Tis a Scriptural basis for headcovering in Mass. Allow me to share from the Plain Catholic understanding.
Headcovering: A Plain Catholic Perspective
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The Catholic woman who practices headcovering does so for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, Scripture tells us that when we pray, women should indeed cover their heads (1 Corinthians 11:5-13). According to this Scripture, we are to cover our heads during prayer as both a sign and because of the angels. Thus during Mass, women wear a headcovering in reverence for the Blessed Sacrament and in imitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Those Catholic women who practice headcovering full time do so because of 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 in which we are instructed to pray without ceasing. Logically, if we are to pray without ceasing; and to have our heads covered during prayer, then we see it as a call to cover our heads without ceasing.
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The headcovering as a private devotion falls into the category of sacramental. It was never tacitly required of the faithful but has been “recommended” as a worthy pursuit should one be called to cover. Now if a Catholic reads 1 Corinthians 11 and 1 Thessalonians 5 then feels the tug of the Holy Spirit to cover, that is something the person would do well to pray and discern about. It’s important that a sacramental be done for the right reasons which would be to aid one’s spiritual growth. Superstition and peer pressure (including pressure to NOT cover) are not valid reasons in and of themselves. An excellent litmus test of one’s reasons to cover would be to ask oneself: “If the Pope banned headcoverings tomorrow, would I be willing to obey that ban?” If the answer is yes, then that is the right attitude. At the end of the day, the headcovering is about obedience to God and His representatives. Obedience as St. Benedict says in his Rule is the ultimate test of holiness. A truly humble and holy person would obey those chosen to direct him/her.
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holdencaulfield said:
I know that’s what I said, however modernist Protestantism has told us that we no longer need them. It’s just a hard argument.
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holdencaulfield said:
Furthermore that Catholics women who choose to wear head coverings have merely been brainwashed into thinking this is normal, and that they are merely around to make babies and should walk ten feet behind their husbands. I’m not looking for Biblical or Traditional apologetics, just some practical apologetics for women who keep this practice. It may be of note I am male. 😊
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Well, that’s really funny! Brainwashed? By whom? The Church doesn’t tell me I have to do this, as a matter of fact, no one ever even mentioned it to me! Not even my husband! It was my own idea to begin wearing a veil.

I can’t make babies, so that counts me out there, and my husband and I usually walk hand in hand. :rolleyes:

Ask these people what their problem is with someone worshiping God by being humble. I don’t have to jump up and down and fall over in a faint to worship God - on the contrary, I would prefer to prostrate myself in reverence and awe.

~Liza
 
holdencaulfield said:
Are recently had a conversation with a family member who said that they absolutely do not agree with Catholic women who choose to cover their heads in church. I said, why not it’s a just a tradition, it’s not like it’s enforced any more and it is just a form of piety. They in turn said that they are a chauvinistic way of men enforcing their will on women. Furthermore that Catholics women who choose to wear head coverings have merely been brainwashed into thinking this is normal, and that they are merely around to make babies and should walk ten feet behind their husbands. I’m not looking for Biblical or Traditional apologetics, just some practical apologetics for women who keep this practice. It may be of note I am male. 😊
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Men and women should learn to function together- and separately- in a relationship. They should have their own interests, and their own friends (and not people you met because they’re your husbands friend’s wives/husbands or your kids’ friends parents). I have met many traditional Catholic women who are very shy and just stands while their husband does all the talking. Anyone they have over for dinner is done at the husband’s suggestion. Any activity they do is done together- or it is done for others- never themselves. I have known a few traditional Catholic women who fit in this category. I have known many more who don’t.
 
beckycmarie said:
Here’s an article that mentions how the National Organization of Women had in their handbook the agenda of getting Catholic women to discard headcoverings. They even burned veils in protest. Quite the eye-opener!

Why the Veil?
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I just read the article “Why the Veil?” I really was amazed at the content. It makes me feel angry that I have been “used” by people with an agenda.
 
m134e5 said:
Men and women should learn to function together- and separately- in a relationship. They should have their own interests, and their own friends (and not people you met because they’re your husbands friend’s wives/husbands or your kids’ friends parents). I have met many traditional Catholic women who are very shy and just stands while their husband does all the talking. Anyone they have over for dinner is done at the husband’s suggestion. Any activity they do is done together- or it is done for others- never themselves. I have known a few traditional Catholic women who fit in this category. I have known many more who don’t.
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If this is their choice, I don’t see a problem with it. Lots of people are shy and don’t like the spotlight. They are more comfortable staying in the background. I don’t know that it’s for anyone to say that someone has to have their own interests and friends. That should be up to them.
 
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