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On further reflection, and addendum is necessary. Father asserts: "The wearing of a veil in church is therefore not a question of purity or modesty but of adoration, of homage rendered to God." This is not generally true. Father seems to have forgotten that in the old days women always kept their heads covered in public. If you look at old paintings, you will notice that it is only after the French Revolution that you see women widely portrayed with their heads uncovered. Little Jacinta and Lucia of Fatima nearly always had their heads covered. The Mennonite women, to this day, always cover their heads in public. Perhaps this custom of covering the head in public, for both men and women, is a part of modesty to which we should return.

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"For the record, this Wolf thinks that man and the animals, before the Fall, were entirely spiritual and elevated. Even St Thomas Aquinas doubts that the so-called "vegetative processes" existed. No digestion, composting, or death of any sort existed before the Fall. Man and the Animals got nourishment merely by contemplating the fruits of the earth."

Unfounded speculation surely? If Aquinas doubted such, what is the basis for his speculation? Why should we elevate his speculation above scripture? What is the plain meaning of Genesis chapter 2 verse 16 to 25 if not that it speaks plainly of corporeal realities concerning eating, generating future generations, fleshly human bodies? All before the fall.

I'm baffled, and I haven't even got half way through your post.

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