[Magdalen] The Theology of Clerical Beards

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/22/2016 7:10:10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
roy.murphy at gmail.com writes:

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2016/22-january/features/features/and
-esau-was-an-hairy-man

"BEARDS  are fashionable again, but the subject of facial hair and the
clergy stirs  strong emotions. The bearded King Edward VII, in enjoining
Archbishop Cosmo  Gordon Lang to “stop curates wearing moustaches”, gave
voice to the general  hostility of the Christian tradition to hair confined
to the upper lip; but  there the consensus ends.">>>>>>>>
 
Except in Eastern Christianity where beards are the norm.
 
In my experience, men generally like facial hair, but women do
not, probably because it's one of the few things women can't
do (at least well!).
 
 
 
David Strang - Fully bearded.  King Edward VII would  approve,