Bible Dictionary: Head: Priests Forbidden to Shave

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Leviticus 21:5,10
They shall not make baldness on their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
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Epistle iv. To Cyriacus, Bishop.
... ought indeed to have outward anxieties, and yet not to devote themselves to them
exceedingly, the priests are rightly forbidden either to shave the head or to ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle iv to cyriacus bishop.htm

That the Ruler Relax not his Care for the Things that are Within ...
... But the hairs outside the head are thoughts in the mind; which, as ... yet should not
be vehemently bent upon them, the priests are rightly forbidden either to ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter vii that the ruler.htm

Whether There was any Reasonable Cause for the Ceremonial ...
... They were also forbidden to marry a "harlot" or "one that has been put away," or
any other ... For the priests of the Gentiles shaved both head and beard ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there was any reasonable.htm

Separation to God.
... Israel might have been "a kingdom of priests;" but through ... He was not forbidden to
eat poison berries, nor was he ... by him, and he hath defiled the head of his ...
/.../taylor/separation and service/part i separation to god.htm

Whether There Can be any Suitable Cause for the Sacraments of the ...
... It is forbidden that he should have "a broken foot ... of purpose, denoted by the mitre
covering the head. But the high-priests needed four other things in addition ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether there can be any 2.htm

Paul in Jerusalem.
... these considerations, is, that he was not forbidden by the ... into the vow of the Nazarite,
and shorn his head. ... the temple, to give notice to the priests, that he ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xxv paul in jerusalem.htm

V. ...
... thing to pass by their own head, as though ... of the spiritual order"pope, cardinals,
bishops, priests, monks and ... The Pope has forbidden any prince or secular ...
/.../the epistles of st peter and st jude preached and explained/chapter ii v 2.htm

A Case of Conscience Resolved
... And why forbidden, but because of their inability ... there the law was read by the Jewish
priests to the ... have power," that is a covering, "on her head, because of ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a case of conscience resolved.htm

A Plea Regarding Christians by Athenagoras, the Athenian
... With hairs on its head and with a face of beauty; ... It is not likely that the very
priests who reverence ... commits adultery." [954] Thus a man is forbidden both to ...
/.../richardson/early christian fathers/a plea regarding christians by.htm

Book ii. Jerome Answers the Second, Third, and Fourth Propositions ...
... of course the eating of the unclean was forbidden, otherwise the ... [4804] Aaron and
the other priests when about ... we fast, [4824] bids us anoint our head and wash ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/book ii jerome answers the.htm

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