The Surprising Origin of the Long Hair View
The long-hair view isn’t ancient—it’s modern. For nearly 1900 years, Christians understood Paul’s command the same way: the covering in 1 Corinthians 11 was a veil. In this video, we show how the believers closest to Paul interpreted his words, what the Greek-speaking fathers unanimously taught, and why the “long-hair” theory didn’t appear until the late 19th century under a German liberal theologian. As the old saying goes, “If it’s new, it’s not true.”
