Must women be silent in church?

Yes

They must be silent and are not permitted to speak in church.

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

No

They may pray and prophesy (but they must do it with a covered head or their head is dishonored).

Every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head. 1 Chorinthians 11:3

In some manuscripts, verses 34-35 are found at the end of chapter 14, leading some scholars to think that they were not written by Paul but originated from a misogynistic scribe's marginal note.

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