Christian head covering, also known as Christian veiling, is the practice of women covering their head in a variety of Christian traditions. Some Christian women, based on Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Reformed, Methodist, and sometimes Quaker teaching, wear the head covering in public worship and during private prayer (though some women belonging to these traditions may also choose to wear the head covering outside of prayer and worship), while others, especially Anabaptist Christians, believe women should wear head coverings all the time in the reflection of the Saint Paul's words that Christians are to "pray without ceasing". The practice of Christian head covering for "praying and prophesying" was inspired by a traditional interpretation of 1 Corinthians 11:2–6 in the N