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e. Christian head covering, also known as Christian veiling, is the traditional practice of women covering their head in a variety of Christian denominations. Some Christian women wear the head covering in public worship and during private prayer at home, [1][2][3] while others (esp. Conservative Anabaptists) believe women should wear head ...
In Christian cultures, nuns cover their bodies and hair. Here is an example of a 16th-century wimple, worn by a widowed Queen Anna of Poland, with a veil and a ruff around the neck. A headscarf is a scarf covering most or all of the top of a person's, usually women's, hair and head, leaving the face uncovered.
A church crown, also known as a church hat, is a decorative hat worn by women in the Southern United States as a headcovering during Christian church services in accordance with 1 Corinthians 11:2–13. [1] Though church crowns were common among all American women until the mid-20th century, they continue to be worn in certain denominations ...
Valencian Museum of Ethnology. A mantilla is a traditional female liturgical lace or silk veil or shawl worn over the head and shoulders, often over a high hair ornament called a peineta, particularly popular with women in Spain and Latin America. [1] It is also worn by Catholic and Plymouth Brethren women around the world, Mennonite women in ...
A mother wearing a kapp. A kapp (/kɒp/, Pennsylvania German from German Kappe meaning cap, cover, hood) is a Christian headcovering worn by many women of certain Anabaptist Christian denominations (especially among Amish, Mennonites, Schwarzenau Brethren and River Brethren of the Old Order Anabaptist and Conservative Anabaptist traditions), as well as certain Conservative Friends and Plain ...
The Healing of the Paralytic – one of the oldest known depictions of Jesus, [ 18 ] from the Syrian city of Dura Europos, dating from about 235. Initially Jesus was represented indirectly by pictogram symbols such as the ichthys (fish), the peacock, or an anchor (the Labarum or Chi-Rho was a later development).
Clothing worn during religious services. Christian headcovering and modesty being practiced in a Restored Reformed Church in Doornspijk, Gelderland (the Netherlands) In some Christian communities, the term "Sunday best" refers to the tradition of saving one's finest clothing for Sunday services. In some communities, churches served as the main ...
The religious perspectives on Jesus vary among world religions. [1] Jesus ' teachings and the retelling of his life story have significantly influenced the course of human history , and have directly or indirectly affected the lives of billions of people, including non-Christians.