Nikki
Here is another Early Church Fathers quotes regarding that picture....
1. "Canon Seventeenth. Of woman, that they should cover their faces and their heads."
Hippolytus (170-236 a.d.)
2. "And she will never fall, who puts before her eyes modesty, and her shawl; nor will she invite another to fall into sin by uncovering her face. For this is the wish of the Word, since it is becoming for her to pray veiled.”
"It has also been commanded that the head should be veiled and the face covered. For it is a wicked thing for beauty to be a snare to men.
Clement of Alexandria (153-217 a.d.)
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Originally Posted by Simply_Nikki    Good thing Tertullian wasn't divinely inspired =D Quote:
Originally Posted by Coram Deo You can read Early Church Father Tertullian on that one......
"Let them know that the whole head constitutes "the woman." Its limits and boundaries reach as far as the place where the robe begins. The region of the veil is co-extensive with the space covered by the hair when unbound; in order that the necks too may be encircled. For it is they which must be subjected, for the sake of which "power" ought to be "had on the head:" the veil is their yoke.
…. who cover not only the head, but the face also, so entirely, that they are content, with one eye free, to enjoy rather half the light than to prostitute the entire face."
Tertullian on the Veiling of Virgins A.D. 198
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