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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
There were, as I said, women too with the gift of prophecy, for example, the daughters of Philip (Acts 21:9) and many others. How then does she disgrace her head? By declaring the head to be some kind of outcast, having renounced the authority entrusted to her by God. Know also that he forbids the man to be covered, as stated, during the time of prayer and prophecy, but he forbids the woman to be uncovered not only during that time, but at all times. …
Clement of Alexandria
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.
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, but every woman, he gives an admonition as it applies to women, saying: But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled (which is unbecoming, considering her condition) disgraces her head, i.e., does something unsuitable in regard to covering her hair. But against this is the Apostle's statement in 1 Tim (2:12): "I permit no woman to teach in church." How, then, does it befit a woman to pray or prophesy in public prayer or in doctrine. …
Victorinus of Pettau
"Seven thunders uttered their voices." The seven thunders uttering their voices signify, the Holy Spirit of sevenfold power, who through the prophets announced all things to come, and by His voice John gave his testimony in the world; but because he says that he was about to write the things which the thunders had uttered, that is, whatever things had been obscure in the announcements of the Old Testament; he is forbidden to write them, but he was charged to leave them sealed, because he is an apostle, nor was it fitting that the …
Victorinus Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John ↗
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