which may indicate the origins of the garment itself. Unmarried women generally wore white veils while married women wore black. The practice began to decline by the early 20th century. Women in the Believers Eastern Church, an Oriental Protestant denomination, wear head coverings. Its Metropolitan Bishop, K. P. Yohannan teaches that “When a woman wears the symbol of God’s government, a head covering, she is essentially a rebuke to all the fallen angels. Her actions say to them, ‘You have rebelled against the Holy God, but I submit to Him and His headship. I choose not to follow your example of rebellion and pride.'” Scriptural basis Christian Bible/Old Testament (including the Apocrypha/Deuterocanon) Passages such as Genesis 24:65, Numbers 5:18, Song of Solomon 5:7, Susanna 13:31–22, and Isaiah 47:2 indicate that believing women wore a head covering during the Old Testament era. Song of Songs 4:1 records that hair is sensual in nature, with Solomon praising its beauty. Christian Bible/New Testament 1 Corinthians 11:2–16 contains a passage referring to the use of headcoverings for women (and the uncovering of the heads of men). Paul introduces this passage by praising the Corinthian Christians for remembering the "ordinances" (also translated as "traditions" or "teachings") that he had passed on to them (verse 2). Included in these apostolic ordinances that Paul is discussing in 1 Corinthians 11 are the headcovering and the Eucharist. Paul then explains the Christian use of head coverings using the subjects of headship, glory, angels, natural hair lengths, and the practice of the churches. This led to the universal practice of headcovering in Christianity. Theologians David Lipscomb and J. W. Shepherd in their Commentary on 1st Corinthians explicate the theology behind the traditional Christian interpretation of 1 Corinthians 11, writing that Paul taught that "Every man, therefore, who in praying or prophesying covers his head, thereby acknowledges himself dependent on some earthly head other than his heavenly head, and thereby takes from the latter the honor which is due to him as the head of man." In the Old Testament, priests (who were all male) wore turbans and caps as Jesus was not known in that era, establishing "the reason why there was no command to honour Him by praying or prophesying with heads uncovered." With the revelation of Jesus to humanity, "Any man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonours his head (Christ)." In light of