1 Corinthians 11:15 (WEB)
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.
Fathers and councils · 6
Tertullian
“…for so do the nations approach their idols; which practice, of course, were its observance becoming, the apostles, who teach concerning the garb of prayer, would have comprehended in their instructions, unless any think that is was in prayer that Paul had left his cloak with Carpus!” — editor's note: See 1 Cor. xi. 3–16.
Read the whole comment“So far, however, as regards the dress of women, the variety of observance compels us—men of no consideration whatever—to treat, presumptuously indeed, after the most holy apostle, except in so far as it will not be presumptuously if we treat the subject in accordance with the apostle.” — editor's note: See 1 Cor. xi. 1–16; 1 Tim. ii. 9, 10.
Read the whole comment“God bids you “be veiled.”” — editor's note: See 1 Cor. xi. 2–16; and comp. de Or., c. xxii., and the treatise de Virg. Vel.
Read the whole comment“Chapter IV.—Of the Argument Drawn from 1 Cor. XI. 5–16.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“If, moreover, the apostle further adds the prejudgment of “nature,” that redundancy of locks is an honour to a woman, because hair serves for a covering, of course it is most of all to a virgin that this is a distinction; for their very adornment properly consists in this, that, by being massed together upon the…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xi. 14, 15.
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Clement of Alexandria
“The Word prohibits us from doing violence to nature by boring the lobes of the ears.” — editor's note: [Natural instinct is St. Paul’s argument (1 Cor. xi. 14, 15); and that it rules for modesty in man as well as women, is finely illustrated by an instructive…
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 7.
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 7.
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 7.
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 4.