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- A Christian woman was to be “entirely covered, unless she happen to be at home. For that style of dress is grave, and protects from being gazed at. 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.”
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Aug 18, 2011 · Women’s Dress in Early Christian History. by David Brattston | Aug 18, 2011 | Opinion. When the gospel was new and pure, Christian women covered themselves with long robes and veils, like many Muslim women today. This is evidenced by all early Christian writers that commented on the subject.
Nov 18, 2015 · Euodia and Syntyche are called his fellow-workers in the gospel (Philippians 4:2-3). Here is clear evidence of women apostles active in the earliest work of spreading the Christian message....
Here Upson-Saia offers fascinating discussions of gender crises crystallized in the dress and appearance of certain Christian ascetics (Carthaginian virgins of both sexes, a married woman, Eustathius of Sebaste’s community) and how their appearance troubled authorities like Augustine and Tertullian.
- Disapproval to Open Hostility
- The Inner Personality
- Beauty Or Deformity
- Spiritual Adornment
- Nothing New About Immodesty
- Sighing After Youth
Christianity in apostolic times was no more popular than had been its Founder, either to the leading Jewish religionists of the day or to the pagan populace. The church in its first two hundred years found itself faced with attitudes fluctuating from mild disapproval to open hostility, often in the form of persecution. The martyr's death became a t...
They were specific in applying these basic principles to the daily life. For example, Peter, speaking to wives with unbelieving husbands, admonished them that their husbands might be won "simply by seeing the pure and reverent behavior of you, their wives. Your beauty should not be dependent on an elaborate coiffure, or on the wearing of jewelry o...
Clement of Alexandria, writing near the close of the second century, emphasized the first principle when he stated that women were to be well-clothed, "without by raiment, within by modesty" (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 2, p. 252). He pointed out that "in the soul alone are beauty and deformity shown" (ibid., p. 268). He advised women to adopt simpl...
Tertullian, writing about A.D. 202, reminded Christians, who possibly would pass their days in iron rather than in gold, that since the "stole of martyrdom" was being prepared for them, they should seek the cosmetics and adornments of the apostles and prophets: whiteness from simplicity, rosy hues from chastity, the paint of modesty for the eyes...
While at least one writer of the second century observed that "all our women [Christians] were chaste," the early Christian sisters must have been faced with many of the same temptations to pride and vanity that face Christian women of our day. Decking the body with jewels, painting the face, dyeing the hair, wearing immodest styles of dress, ar...
Tertullian also seemed to be concerned with the health angle when he spoke about the danger of tormenting the skin with potions, staining the cheeks with rouge, and extending the line of the eyes with black coloring. He seemed to think people who followed such practices must be dissatisfied with God's plastic skill. He explained at great length t...
Mar 19, 2023 · In her article “Women in the Early Church,” published in the Summer 2020 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Holly Beers of Westmont College looks at some of the ways women served in the early Church. The Bible expounds on many of these, and archaeological and historical sources identify others.
Catherine Kroeger scours historical data to compile an impressive collection of stories about noteworthy women in the early church. One of the best-kept secrets in Christianity is the enormous role that women played in the early church.
Feb 16, 2012 · It pays attention to the ways in which dress expressed and shaped Christian identity, the role dress played in Christians’ rivalries with pagan neighbours, and especially to the ways in which...
