1 Corinthians 11: 2-16 (NKJV) 6 For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head. 7 For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.
A woman's covering her head (e.g., with a thin head scarf) socially indicated that she was married. It symbolized her modesty and chastity and submission to her husband. A wife who refused to cover her head publicly disgraced her husband.
Per church hat etiquette, women are allowed to keep their dress hats on in church, unless blocking anyone's view during a wedding or baptism.
1 Timothy 2:9-10
Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.
Modesty is an attitude of humility and decency in dress, grooming, language, and behavior. If you are modest, you do not draw undue attention to yourself. Instead, you seek to “glorify God in your body, and in your spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:20; see also verse 19).
But God also DOESN'T care about what you wear!
He reminds Samuel, “The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7). Our friends might care about what we wear, but God really doesn't care at all how you look.
For hats that go with dinner dresses or suits, never remove them throughout the whole evening. However, if you have a hat worn strictly for warmth and not fashion, it must be removed when you're indoors. These include knitted hats you wear during the winter.
When deciding what to wear to church, women should choose outfits that are modest, respectful, and tasteful. If you are participating in the service, you may want to dress up more than you would as a regular parishioner or guest. What You Should Wear: Dresses or skirts that hit mid-thigh or longer.
1 Corinthians 11: 2-16 (NKJV)
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, since it is the same as if her head were shaven.
God has provided the necessary cover for women, their hair. Angels will sanction any woman who doesn't cover her head to church. It is a necessity for a woman to cover her head in the church. The word of God makes us to understand that a woman who is praying without covering her head has no respect for her head.
With the introduction of the ordinary form of the Catholic Mass at the Second Vatican Council in the early 1960s, many women stopped wearing their head coverings, and Protestant Churches soon followed.
In 1 Corinthians 11:3-15, Paul writes that if a woman is to be so immodest as to wear her hair uncovered while praying or prophesying in a Christian assembly she might as well shave her head. Paul instructs the Corinthians that it is “one and the same” for a woman to have her head shaved and for her to unveil her hair.
Paul says that every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but that every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head. Paul is addressing a situation where men's heads are covered and women's heads are uncovered.
It was once a requirement in the Catholic Church that women cover their heads in Church. The forms of covering ranged from a mantilla to a hat or a simple headscarf. Today most Catholic women do not wear head covering in Church, but many traditionalist Catholic Women do.
Clothing worn during religious services
As such, dressing in fine clothing for religious services was often dictated by a need to project status and influence among peers. Many Christians reject this practice and instead encourage modest, respectful dress not only for Sunday worship, but in everyday life (cf.
7:21). Christ wore the latest style of clothing when He attended His last Passover (John 19:23), but not everyone could afford to wear such clothes. The point is that the Bible does not mandate one style of clothing for church.
1 Peter 3:3-4 - Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. 5.
For the most part, people tend to dress for church in much the same way they would for a family restaurant. For some people this might mean the informality of jeans and a t-shirt, for other people it might mean dressing up with a shirt and tie.
First exhibited at the 1905 Salon d'Automne in Paris, Women with a Hat (Femme au chapeau) was at the center of the controversy that led to the christening of the first modern art movement of the twentieth century - Fauvism.
To add to their fashion, women wear a hat as a symbol of status, wealth, and power. If you keep your hair covered, it symbolizes nobility. Distinct hats signify separate orders inside a social hierarchy.
Throughout history hats identified social standing and removing a hat was a gesture of respect. In the "old days," men took off their hats in Christian churches, when they entered someone's home, when greeting a boss, and always in the presence of a lady.
1 Peter 3:3-4 “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.”
First Peter 3:3-4 says this: “[Women's] adornment must not be merely the external — braiding the hair, wearing gold jewelry, or putting on apparel; but it should be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.” Modesty in dress comes ...
[6] For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. [7] For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
Among women, wearing a head covering outside the home is a common practice among Muslims (89%), Sikhs (86%) and Hindus (59%). The practice of covering the head outside the home is less widespread among Buddhist (30%) and Christian (21%) women.