Try Fortescue, Ceremonies ofthe Roman Rite (1918 etc) or the Pontificale
Romanum (better on episcopal stuff)
This rule was in force when I held Archbishop Amigo's crozier in 1947 or 48.
And we had a Dutch priest at the time.
As for blood sports, surely you have heard the difference between a
terrorist and a liturgist? [You can negotiate with a terrorist]
This is a true story (if a little off the point). An elderly Father here
(about 1955) visited the church and found an organist playing. So he visited
the organ loft and said, 'It is written, My House shall be called a House of
Prayer: but you have turned it into a den of musicians.' I knew him, but I
was not the organist in question.
Anselm Cramer OSB
Ampleforth Abbey, York
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-----Original Message-----
From: Colman O'Clabaigh <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 04 June 1999 12:39
Subject: Popes and croziers
>Dear List members,
>
>A friend of mine is working on a group of 12th century High crosses in
>North County Clare. He has asked me to put the following two queries to you
>
>1. Were popes ever represented holding croziers? He is particularly
>interested in 12th century examples (or lack thereof)
>
>2 Current liturgical practise (at least in this monastery)says that the
>crook of the crozier should face outward as a sign of jurisdiction, when
>carried by the abbot and should face inwards when carried by anyone else
>(e.g. acolyte, M.C. etc.). We are solemnly assured by our Master of
>Ceremonies that this has been the practise of the church at all times,
>everywhere since the second Vespers of the Resurrection in Jerusalem in AD
>33. Is this the case? Is anyone aware of medieval evidence for this or is
>it the figment of a modern liturgists overactive imagination?
>
>Monastic readers of the list will particularly appreciate the fraught
>nuances implicated in the second query. As we say here, 'Liturgy: the last
>indoor blood sport.'
>
>Colman O Clabaigh, OSB
>
>
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