Theophylact of Ohrid, on 1Cor 11:5

“But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered, disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.”

“There were, as I said, women too with the gift of prophecy, for example, the daughters of Philip (Acts 21:9) and many others. How then does she disgrace her head? By declaring the head to be some kind of outcast, having renounced the authority entrusted to her by God. Know also that he forbids the man to be covered, as stated, during the time of prayer and prophecy, but he forbids the woman to be uncovered not only during that time, but at all times. For this is what he means when he says: "for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven." Just as being shaven is always shameful for her, so too being uncovered is always shameful. Hair serves in place of a covering. Therefore, she who removes her covering is like one who has removed her hair.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.