Read Part One HERE
In this post I will continue to discuss the subject of head covering since today there is a movement called the Head Covering Movement based on 1 Corinthians 11:5 and beyond
And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head - it is just as though her head were shaved...
Today I will continue to share the viewpoint of well known Scottish Protestant Reformer John Knox (1505 - 1572 A.D.).
John Knox referred to the teachings of Roman Catholic Church Father John Chrysostom, who was a believer in the timelessness of head covering, in his writings.
John Knox: "Chrysostom explained the words of 1 Corinthians 11:3 "The head of the woman is man," in the following manner, "Men and women ought to appear before God bearing the ensigns of the condition which they have received of Him. Man has received a certain glory and dignity above the woman; and therefore ought to appear before His high Majesty bearing the sign of his honour, having no cover upon his head, to witness that in earth man has no head." Chrysostom says that both the man and the woman must appear before God bearing the signs of their respective roles. The man who has a "glory and dignity above woman"must have no cover upon his head to show that he has no earthly head."
Knox then continues with his quotation where Chrysostom talks about the woman's sign: "But woman ought to be covered, to witness that in earth she had a head, that is man."
My Comment
It is unthinkable to me that Scottish Protestant Reformer John Knox used the writings of Roman Catholic Church Father St John Chrysostom to defend his position of head covering of women since he would have written against the teachings of St John Chrysostom and other Roman Catholic Church Fathers as a Protestant Reformer. This speaks of double-mindedness on his part for he is willing to use some of their teachings if it suits him even while, no doubt, knowing that the teachings of men such as St John Chrysostom were influenced by pagan philosofies. He, thereby, brought into the Protestant Church not just Roman Catholic teachings which he is so opposed to, he brought into the Protestant Church unbiblical pagan thinking.
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