Forbidding Head Coverings in the PCA
Shownotes
In this episode of Kingdom Polemics, Pastor Aldo Leon responds to a recent GRN article claiming that women's head coverings in worship are contra-confessional or merely cultural. Aldo argues that this position misreads Scripture, misuses Reformed theology, and ignores the overwhelming witness of church history. Drawing primarily from 1 Corinthians 11, he shows that head coverings are an apostolic ordinance rooted in creation, Christ's mediatorial headship, angelic witness, and nature—not a Corinthian custom or optional circumstance.
"Shall Women Cover Their Heads In Worship?" by Andrew Lightner (https://gospelreformation.net/shall-women-cover-their-heads-in-worship/)
Episode Highlights:
- Why head coverings are not limited to one isolated passage but reflect a broader biblical pattern.
- How Scripture distinguishes between elements of worship and binding prescriptions within worship.
- A critique of the claim that head coverings are merely circumstantial or cultural.
- Why appeals to Gillespie, Rutherford, and Calvin are often taken out of context.
- How treating gender distinctions as culturally flexible undermines other doctrines, including women's silence and the Lord's Supper.
- A warning against confessional gate-keeping used to forbid obedience to apostolic commands.
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For a deeper dive into Reformed theology applied to public life, check out Aldo Leon's book, In Christ's Crown, Christianity, & The Civil Realm. The book presents a biblical and confessional case for Christ's mediatorial rule over the civil magistrate and is available now at Berith Press: https://www.berithpress.com/bookstore/p/christs-crown-christianity-the-civil-realm.