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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
The NT does not have any requirement or even practice among the churches for head covering, at least if anyone is argumentative about it. That is stated as plainly as it can be stated in the NT.
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The expert opinion of D. Wallace and others is that Paul intended it to be a "universal command" as he explains in this video:
http://askquestions.tv/dr-daniel-wal...ead-coverings/
In his bible.org article he says:
The argument that a real head covering is in view and that such is applicable today is, in some respects, the easiest view to defend exegetically and the hardest to swallow practically.
Thus, the argument is a general theological conviction (as opposed to a mere sociological convention), though growing out of several key doctrines: (1) Nascent trinitarianism, (2) creation, (3) angelology, (4) general revelation, and (5) church practice.
To speak against coverings is essentially to weaken Trinitarianism, Creation,angelology, because these are the theological reasons Paul gives for the practice.
When I think about it there is more biblical support for women wearing head coverings than for people wearing pants. Have you ever considered that? The only biblical support for wearing pants is God clothing Adam and Eve with a fig leaf. That itself is a descriptive command and not a prescriptive one. But Paul's command about head covering is prescriptive.