LITURGICAL VESTMENTS

LITURGICAL VESTMENTS

Costumes liturgy expresses positions of power and duties of the ordained ministers. Each dress is designed makeup for each different rite, so that there are many kinds of liturgical garb. In terms of history, liturgical clothing is largely borrowed from the Romans used clothes in court, during festivals or in the ancient sacrifices.

In the Catholic Church there are now all kinds of liturgical garb following:

1 – Austria slack (tocana / soutane / cassock). In Vietnam, it is also known as deep robes, cassock or religious habit. Pope wears white, the cardinals wear scarlet, the archbishop wore dark red or purple (purple), depending on the occasion, the bishops wear purple, Monsignor wear black with sugar purple fringing, and the priests wear black.2 – shoulder gowns (mozzetta), wearing gowns on the shoulder, outer robes. There are no more than elbow length and color with the color of the robes. It is used for the Pope, the cardinals and the bishops. Even outside Austria Operations (Superpelliceum – Cotta – Surplice) or white or black Long Austria (Alba).

3 – Austrian Operations (Cotta – Surplice) white folded into longitudinal folds, like in ancient times it long white robes, far longer than the knee, for the clergy to attend liturgical rite or appoint without liturgical celebration (eg, the board baptism, the sacrament of Anointing Mass outside, placed the Eucharist and Blessing …).
4 – White Shirt long (Alba / Vesti sacre). Before the casual kind of laity and clergy. Time to change clothes, lay not in use. 6th century, it became kind of own clergy shirt. 10th century it became the shirt for the ministry of the altar. Dr Thomas described it is that Herod wore clothes for Christ.5 – Line Operations (stole) where the Romans in ancient times, stole an edged hem gown for fashionable women, afterward also used. In the liturgy, stole the cord of authorization (retaining flange edges) describes the rights and duties of officials sacred ministers in liturgical celebrations officials (bishops, priests carry around the neck halter Operations, hangs down over his chest ; deacon carry around left shoulder).

6 – Cloak (Cape / Cappa / Pluviale). Before the clothing used in the liturgy, this kind have cloth coat collar pulled up sticking with rain cover. Putting on the Liturgy, gown used in processions, Stations of the Cross and Eucharist adoration.

7 – Austria Feast (Casula) is kind Shirt “Manteau” of ancient Rome, wide and round called the “small house”. Through the liturgy, Casula become vestments for priests to celebrate Mass wearing.8 – cloth, tissue cover stock (Amictus) is neck and shoulder cloak of old, like a cloth covering the shoulders and neck Made suitable for the winter cold. 8th century, shoulder towel included in the Liturgy garb for priests. Initially, cloth head covering and pull down only in part the important holiday. From the 10th century, priests wear a hat, scarf shoulder only to cover the neck of the shirt color inside.

9 – Belt (Cingulum) there is a demand for both rough and long white coat with belt tightening needs nutshell. It also means telling the stricter kept himself clean of the clergy.

10 – Austria Deacon (Dalmatica). It’s old clothes Dalmate population. It was introduced in the second century Rome. In turn, the Church used it in ceremonies devoted initially to the pope, and bishops, and finally in the 14th century Pope Sylvestre for use as official shirt of the deacon.

11 – Hats skull (zucchetto) is the sign of him as bishop. According to the hierarchy of the Church, the color of the skull cap denotes the rank of the team. For example, skull caps papal white, skull caps of the cardinal scarlet or bright red (scarlet) and hat of the bishop, abbot and prelate colonial purple beads.12 – large caps (Mitra) has spearheaded, is symbolic positions expressed, as the prince of the Catholic Church. Hats Mitra is the formal dress in the liturgy and by the bishops in the Mass and in the conduct of other official ceremonies of the Church.

13 – Wire archbishop (Pallium) is woven rope white wool, embroidered with six black crosses, which are carried over the shoulder or neck gown (when worn with a long section in front of the chest and a long section at the back). Pallium is an expression of authority and represents close communion between bishops and the Roman Pontiff.

14 – Austrian Business Association (habitus Choralis) of the diocesan bishop in the diocese as well as outside of His purple robes, purple silk waistband adorned silk tassels at the ends (but not with the beam fringed feathers).