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TEACHING
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Author/Work
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Date
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Veiling |
Uncut
Hair |
Notes/Comments
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| The
Catacombs |
c.
100- 300 |
X |
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Cave
paintings show veiled Christian women |
| Irenaeus* |
c.
120-202 |
X |
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Taught
that 1 Corinthians 11 referred to veiling |
| Tertullian |
c.
150 - 225 |
X |
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Taught
that 1 Corinthians 11 referred to veiling |
| Clement
of Alexandria |
c.
153-217 |
X |
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Taught
that 1 Corinthians 11 referred to veiling |
| Hippolytus |
c.
170-236 |
X |
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Spoke
of the practice of veiling |
| Chrysostom |
c.
340-407 |
X |
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Taught
that 1 Corinthians 11 referred to veiling |
| Jerome |
c.
347-420 |
X |
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Spoke
of the practice of veiling, also spoke positively
of women cutting their hair |
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| * Irenaeus was a disciple
of Polycarp, who was a direct disciple of the Apostle John.
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Note:
Not one early Church writing speaks against women cutting their
hair nor does any early church writing
indicate that 1 Corinthians 11 teaches uncut hair for women. |
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| Sources: |
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| The
Catacombs, Tom Shank, "Let Her Be Veiled". Torch
Publications, 1992 |
| Irenaeus,
"Against Heresies," Book I |
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| Tertullian,
"On the Veiling of Virgins". |
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| Clement
of Alexandria, "The Instructor". |
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| Hippolytus,
"Canon Seventeenth". |
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| Chrysostom,
"Homily XXVI," on 1st Corinthians. |
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| Jerome,
"To Sabinianus". |
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