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Is Paul’s injunction for women to cover their heads in worship binding today (1 Cor. 11:2-16)?
Most of the Reformed, the Scottish covenanters and the Westminster divines in the Reformation and puritan era said ‘No,’ that Paul’s ordinance was relative to his culture, which used this custom.
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Hi, I read some posts about the use of headcovering, one of them brings together several quotes "against" the use of headcovering, I looked for one that did the opposite, but I couldn't find it, so I propose that the brothers can help here by putting quotes from authors along of the history that...