"I know that women are supposed to dress modestly, but head covering, as in a veil? That is really in the NT?"
This is the traditional understanding of I Cor 11:10. As little as a century ago, not only would you find universal head covering by women in church in Orthodox parishes, but it was standard in Catholic churches as well (some traditionalist Catholic parishes still mandate it). Even in Anglicanism, women wore hats to church long after they were no longer wearing them any other time -- a vestigial remnant of this "ancestral memory."
I'm not sure when women covering heads stopped in the Protestant world. Certainly up until the Reformation, head covering was universal in the Christian world. I imagine it continued for quite a while after the Reformation as well, and not just for cultural and fashion reasons.
This is the traditional understanding of I Cor 11:10. As little as a century ago, not only would you find universal head covering by women in church in Orthodox parishes, ...
Boy that does seem to be pretty clear enough, doesn't it? :) Thanks for the verse and your other comments. In reading around that verse, I found the verse about long hair that Kosta referenced in his 3725 (1 Cor. 11:14). So, if Jesus acted as a pious Jew and wore long hair, then how is this verse explained? Is Paul declaring a new teaching? I honestly have no idea how to explain this. :)