The Christian practice fits into a wider cultural meaning of head coverings as indications of reserve and respectability, as in the Old Testamant, but the link to worship is new and even revolutionary. St Paul’s theological explanation should be taken seriously.
At The Free Press there is a piece about the fact of the increase in the number of young women wear chapel veils or mantillas in church. I’d be interested in your thoughts on the article and on the topic in general. A great deal has been written about chapel veils for women in church. Here are a few of my thoughts. I am especially interested in the business about the angels. If you don’t know about that part, you will in a moment. In what follows, I have cobbled together some notes collected over the years. I lack some references for some of the moves that will come up. It isn’t my intention to step on toes. Sometimes I can’t remember where I got something I heard or read and jotted down in haste. Declaration: This chapel veil increase trend is a good thing. Whatever promotes a sense of the sacred in church is a good thing. While it was once a matter of Church law that women should cover their heads in church (CIC 1917), the 1983 Code dropped that prescription. It is not obligatory …