<P> In the 1917 Code of Canon Law it was a requirement that women cover their heads in church . It said, "women, however, shall have a covered head and be modestly dressed, especially when they approach the table of the Lord ." Veiling was not specifically addressed in the 1983 revision of the Code, which declared the 1917 Code abrogated . According to the new Code, former law only has interpretive weight in norms that are repeated in the 1983 Code; all other norms are simply abrogated . There is no provision made for norms that are not repeated in the 1983 Code . </P> <P> For men, the 1917 Code of Canon Law prescribed that they should uncover their heads unless approved customs of peoples were against it . In the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church it is obligatory for bishops to wear the zucchetto headcovering during certain parts of the liturgy, while use of the biretta, once obligatory for all diocesan clergy (as opposed to members of religious institutes), remains permitted for them . In all rites of the Catholic Church, bishops wear a mitre or a corresponding headcovering in church . Nevertheless, the mitre is removed in certain parts of the liturgy, and the zucchetto is also removed during the Eucharistic Prayer, which is always done uncovered, even for bishops, cardinals or the Pope . </P> <P> Some religious orders such as the Benedictines and the Carthusians use the hoods of their habits to cover their heads during certain parts of liturgies . Headcovering, at least during worship services, is still promoted or required among traditional Catholics . </P> <P> Among the Protestant Reformers, Martin Luther, the founder of the Lutheran Church, encouraged wives to wear a veil in public worship John Knox and John Calvin, leaders of the Reformed Church, both called for women to wear head coverings in public worship . John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, held that women, "especially in a religious assembly", should "keep on her veil". </P>

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