chuckd
Puritan Board Junior
1 Cor. 11:4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, 5 but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head
Calvin establishes in v4 of this passage that "prays or prophesies" refers to the pastor:
He maintains that in v5 and essentially reasons: women should not be praying or prophesying anyway (1 Cor. 14). So there's no occasion for them to wear a head covering in the first place. Am I understanding him correctly?
Calvin establishes in v4 of this passage that "prays or prophesies" refers to the pastor:
Prophesying I take here to mean — declaring the mysteries of God for the edification of the hearers, (as afterwards in 1 Corinthians 14,) as praying means preparing a form of prayer, and taking the lead, as it were, of all the people — which is the part of the public teacher, for Paul is not arguing here as to every kind of prayer, but as to solemn prayer in public.
He maintains that in v5 and essentially reasons: women should not be praying or prophesying anyway (1 Cor. 14). So there's no occasion for them to wear a head covering in the first place. Am I understanding him correctly?