Thanks for the input, Matthew, but what do you make of that quote from 1 Corinthians above?

Well he did say "nourish his hair", not "grow his hair long". There's a difference.

You could say the same with beards! There's letting nature take its course (grow a beard), which is 100% natural, but then you COULD spend hours on sculpting your beard, primping and preening, buying all kinds of hot oils and waxes for it, spend time every day trimming it, etc. like some Millennials do these days. Beards are really in fashion now, but they do it in a feminine way. There are plenty of soy-boys who have full beards and are quite effeminate in their habits and speech.

There's a whole industry now for "beard grooming/care" but not just the shaving aspect. We're talking about care of the beard itself. Real men do NOT get on board with that.

Actually, I pick on the Millennials (and it's true, they're the ones doing this) but it's been a problem in the past. Men spent so much time vainly doing their mustaches that the Amish decided they wouldn't grow them -- despite growing a full beard otherwise. That's why, to this day, the Amish grow full beards, minus the mustache. The famous "Abe Lincoln" beard.

• I suckle, breastfeed, nurse.

Good morning QVD!  Merry Christmas!

I tried to find a Catholic commentary on this, but was unsuccessful.  I do believe that Christ had longer hair simply because of the image on the Holy Shroud...Which I believe is His Holy Image at the very moment of the Resurrection.  Having said that, I honestly do not know what to make of 1 Corinthians.  It is my understanding that having long hair was not prohibited by the Jєωs of His time and that a certain group purposely never cut their hair as a vow to God.  Samson of the OT comes to mind. 

The original Greek refers to having long hair.  I would assume that "nourish" is an archaic way of saying "letting it grow long".


But here is the Vulgate:

14 Nec ipsa natura docet vos, quod vir quidem si comam nutriat, ignominia est illi:

15 mulier vero si comam nutriat, gloria est illi: quoniam capilli pro velamine ei dati sunt.

With the verb nutrio meaning "I suckle, breastfeed, nurse":

nūtriō (present infinitive nūtrīre, perfect active nūtrīvī or nūtriī, supine nūtrītum); fourth conjugation

• I suckle, breastfeed, nurse.

Haydock is imprecise about this:

Ver. 3. The head of the woman is the man, &c. To have the head covered at public meetings, is, according to S. Paul, a mark of subjection: The man was created to be head over the woman, who was made subject to the man, being made of him, of his rib, and the woman made for him, not he for the woman. The man in a special manner, is the image of God, not only by his immortal soul, in which sense also the woman was made to God's image, and likeness, but inasmuch as God gave him a power over all creatures, and so he is called, the glory of God. For these reasons, as well as from a received custom, S. Paul tells every woman, that in prayer or prophesying in public meetings, she must have her head veiled, and covered in testimony of her subjection to man, her head, otherwise she dishonours herself, and her head. This is what he tells her, (v. 10.) that she ought to have a power over her head,[1] that is, to have a veil or covering, as a mark of man's power over her: and because of the angels, that is, out of a respect to the angels there present. Some understand the priests and ministers of God, called angels, particularly in the Apocalypse. S. Paul adds, that nature[2] having given to women long hair, designed it to be as a natural veil. In fine, he appeals to them, to be judges, whether it be not unbecoming in women to pray without a veil. But he will have men to be uncovered, and not to bear such a mark of subjection, as a veil is, by which a man would dishonour his head, that is, himself, and Christ, who is his head, and who appointed him, when he created him, to be head over the woman. He looks upon it as a dishonour and a disgrace for men to nourish their hair, as women should do. He also calls God the head of Christ, that is, of Christ, as man. Lest he should seem to lessen the condition of women more than necessary, he adds, that the propagation of mankind now depends on the woman, as well as on the man, seeing every man is by the woman.

So does "nourish" (nutriat) mean simply to let the hair grow, or to do something with it, such as oiling, washing, or treating it in some fashion?  I have to wonder if it means letting the hair grow naturally, to "flow" as a mother allows her breast milk to flow?

As for myself, I just shave to the bare scalp every couple of weeks.  Saved almost $400 in haircuts the past couple of years.  Gotta save a dollar these days.

Yes. Alongside the Shroud, this is what I go by:




And as Ladislaus mentioned in another thread where I posted this reference, not only does Tomasi's reconstruction have an incredible resemblance to the Shroud, but it also is corroborated by the images of Our Lord that were produced during Antiquity.