- Mar 21, 2012
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Hi all,
I'm not Orthodox, but in my experience on this site (it's been some years since I've been on) I feel that the Orthodox really know their stuff.
So my question is about men covering their heads while they pray. I know that St Paul elaborates on this and says that men who cover whilst praying dishonour their head etc, but I have also read online (there seems to be very little information on this topic) that St Paul would have been addressing people whose custom it already was not to cover their heads whilst praying as opposed to Jewish people who did cover their heads. So they say this verse needs to take the local culture into account, but what does that mean for Christian men today? Why are priests and monks permitted to cover their heads whilst praying but not a layman?
I know that benedictines often say it is to aid in prayer, a sort of blocking the world out as it were. I personally resonate with that and would like to cover whilst praying, but not if it is against what the Bible teaches.
What are your thoughts on this? Thank you in advance.
I'm not Orthodox, but in my experience on this site (it's been some years since I've been on) I feel that the Orthodox really know their stuff.
So my question is about men covering their heads while they pray. I know that St Paul elaborates on this and says that men who cover whilst praying dishonour their head etc, but I have also read online (there seems to be very little information on this topic) that St Paul would have been addressing people whose custom it already was not to cover their heads whilst praying as opposed to Jewish people who did cover their heads. So they say this verse needs to take the local culture into account, but what does that mean for Christian men today? Why are priests and monks permitted to cover their heads whilst praying but not a layman?
I know that benedictines often say it is to aid in prayer, a sort of blocking the world out as it were. I personally resonate with that and would like to cover whilst praying, but not if it is against what the Bible teaches.
What are your thoughts on this? Thank you in advance.