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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"For this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head" "For this cause:" what cause, tell me? "For all these which have been mentioned," saith he; or rather not for these only, but also "because of the angels." "For although thou despise thine husband," saith he, "yet reverence the angels." It follows that being covered is a mark of subjection and authority. For it induces her to look down and be ashamed and preserve entire her proper virtue. For the virtue and honor of the governed is to abide in his obedience. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
For this reason, he says, the wife ought to have a sign of her subordination, that is, if nothing else, then a covering on her head, out of reverence before the angels, so as not to appear shameless even before them. For just as by covering her head and lowering her eyes downward a wife demonstrates her respectfulness and faithfulness to her subordinate position, so by an uncovered head she displays shamelessness, from which even the angels who attend the faithful turn away. …
Irenaeus
Again, the coming of the Saviour with His attendants to Achamoth is declared in like manner by him in the same Epistle, when he says, "A woman ought to have a veil upon her head, because of the angels." Now, that Achamoth, when the Saviour came to her, drew a veil over herself through modesty, Moses rendered manifest when he put a veil upon his face.
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, That is why, he draws the intended conclusion, saying: That is why, namely, because man is the image and glory of God, but woman the glory of man, a woman ought to have a veil on her head, when she places herself before God by praying or prophesying. In this way it is shown that she is not immediately under God, but is also subjected to man under God. For the veil put on the head signifies this. Hence another translation has it that the woman ought to have power over her head, but the sense is the same. …
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