So why don't women cover their heads in church then?

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When Paul in Corinthians clearly says its a must?

and just to clearify an earlier post about nuns - they don't always cover their heads. i have just come out of a theology lecture taught by a fantastic nun who was wearing 'civvies'

I agree with rlp and thegirlwiththecurl about the need to interpret. What annoys me is the way some people pick and choose which bits are supposed to be subject to interpretation. The example closest to my heart is the part I referred to previously about the relationship between husbands and wives. As far as I'm concerned, for either my dh or me to be regarded as "the boss" in our marriage would be a perversion of our commitment to one another. If we differ over something, it depends on various things whose view prevails.

I still do. Although many people I know feel that hair is given in lieu of a veil so that covers the head. Each passage of the bible is given to us to help us in our lives here and it is between us and God how we interpret that. I wouldn't have a problem if someone did or didn't it's personal.

It was a cultural issue, one race traditionally covered their heads (possibly all the time) the other didn't, Paul said all the women should cover their heads because it was a disraction as people were drawn to the differences of the 2 races type of thing.

It was a particular instruction as a solution to a particular problem at that point of time.

You always need to read the passages around a verse to absorbs its context?

I think that some things are not "Salvation Issues" - i.e. things like dress that can be interpreted in different ways, but as long as you get the gist of the matter (respectable dress in whatever form), it's not that important.

I totally disagree though that just because some things are open to interpretation, then everything Paul said about women is irrelevant, out-dated or just down to culture.

In some modern, English, fairly middle-class homes, the husband is still considered the head of the house - but then, he is required to love his wife 'as Christ loved the Church' - i.e. sacrifically, giving everything up, including his own life. It's no chore to submit to someone with that attitude. (See Ephesians 5)

Well, I still cover my head in church, because I am an absolute fox with hair like Penelope Cruz, and it would be a dreadful distraction.