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For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

L'homme ne doit pas se couvrir la tête, puisqu'il est l'image et la gloire de Dieu, tandis que la femme est la gloire de l'homme.

KJV

For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

Patristic reading

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  • Origen

    Selecta in Psalmos [Dub.]

    υ τοῦ « ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν. » Ἐλέησόν με, ὁ Θεὸς, κ. τ. ἑ. Ἐλεεῖ δὲ τὴν φύσιν 31 Matth, v, 16. 32 I Cor. 11, 7, 8; Rom. XVI, 25. (9) Ὁμοίωσίς ἐστιν, ete. Iidem mss. (10) Ἀρπάξεται ψυχή, etc. Iidem mss. (11) Ἐν τῇ θυσίᾳ, etc. Catena Corderii. (13) ὁ πλάσας αὺτὴν πολυνοσοῦσαν τὸ…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    not belong to the Son alone. Objection 3: Further, man is also called the image of God, according to 1 Cor. 11:7 , "The man ought not to cover his head, for he is the image and the glory of God." Therefore Image is not proper to the Son. On the contrary, Augustine says (De Trin.…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    . For the Apostle says that "man is the image of God, but woman is the image [Vulg. glory] of man" ( 1 Cor. 11:7 ). Therefore, as woman is an individual of the human species, it is clear that every individual is not an image of God. Objection 2: Further, the Apostle says ( Rom. 8…

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