Bible Study with Two Who Are Visiting

Two ladies who are visiting the church came home today to have a Bible study. They asked questions about the differences between certain protestant church and the church we go to. I explained that the differences are not as interesting as the characteristics of the model church, which is the original one, the church the New Testament talks about. They asked me if we had some manual that regulated the hair and the dress of the women. I explained that the original church did not have such regulations, that in the first epistle to the Corinthians (11:15), the apostle Paul said that it was more honorable for women to let their hair grow, because instead of veil the hair was given to them. I explained that this apostolic recommendation could not be considered a prohibition for us today, because it is a very particular situation at that time and in that region of the world. The veil for covering the head of women was an item demanded by the society of those times, and that women had to observe, whether they were members of the church or not . Therefore, it is not possible to infer that today God is demanding that women in the church do not cut their hair. Then we studied the subject of the Lord's Super. They explained to me that they are not participating in it because "they do not feel able". We talked about what "feeling able" meant and they explained that they would not do it until they were baptized; so we talked about what was keeping them from being baptized and cleared some doubts.