No, this is not the retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mexico and subsequently Assisting/ant Bishop of Los Angeles (who did indeed use Carranza when...
"In order to stress the jurisdictional nature of the pallium rather than any personal honour that may be assumed by an individual prelate, as early as the...
That's right - Abp Gomez already has a pallium per being Abp of San Antonio. Would he receive his new pallium before or after actually assuming his new ...
I would assume "within three months" of being installed in Los Angeles... but I'm not sure. Lew ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
From The Ceremonial of Bishops: Chapter 5: "Investiture with the Pallium" 1149. "Whenever possible, the investiture with the pallium should take place within...
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Douglas Cowling
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Apr 8, 2010 2:52 am
... Do auxiliary and coadjutor bishops still receive a titiular see, usually a defunct diocese in the North African desert? If so, what title does Archbishop...
Good question. Perhaps he'll be the Archbishop of West Hollywood... On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Douglas Cowling ... [Non-text portions of this message...
They've updated the website to a "Mass of Reception," which may be just semantics. I've never heard of such, but, like you, I'd tend to think there would be...
Tom Poelker asks: <<Where is there a marketplace for the middle ground? Where can one teach or publish about a liturgy that both has grandeur and is primarily...
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Douglas Cowling
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Apr 8, 2010 5:42 am
... Küng's style is pretty earnest, but he tells a wonderful anecdote about being summoned to meet the head of the Holy Office, Cardinal Ottaviani. The...
... Yes, they do, although the defunct diocese isn't always North African. A previous administrator of the Ukrainian Catholic eparchy here was the titular...
"At one time coadjutor <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coadjutor> bishops and archbishops were given titular sees — however now they are given title to the...
Archbishop Fulton Sheen was of Newport (Wales.) Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: "Chris McConnell" <cdmcconnell@...> Date: Thu, 08 Apr...
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Douglas Cowling
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Apr 8, 2010 2:39 pm
... Is this concern with sees titular and emeriti a theological tradition that the prelates must have an episcopal jurisdiction either real (titular) or ...
The comments following on Doug's posting have been apt, but let's not lose track of the author's thesis. Vatican II reminded us, but did not invent that notion...
Yes, and especially in the east you find Bishops consecrated to a particular place, and in the Assyrian church presbyters were ordained to a certain place...
Lamenting Lutheran clericalism, Dwight wrote: <<Pastors are "holier" than lay people. (With all respect to ROC's logical -- and correct -- note that the laity...
Greg, Yes, one's ecclesiology is intimately related, married, to one's liturgics. What I bemoan is the absence of discussion of this in detail. Repeatedly I...
Why do they do it? Good Friday begins with prostration by the presider. This year, as I have seen at some recent ordinations, a mat was put down for the...
Someone shared this link with me, and I just had to pass it on. Someone created an Episcopal Priest Barbie, complete with a sacristy and thurible. I suspect...
It's a penitential silence on the part of all. The fact that only the ministers prostrate themselves, with others kneeling, is per architecture - it would be...
Prostration is very common in Orthodox Churches, which usually don't have pews. Why is the carpet covered, David? Lew ... [Non-text portions of this message...
I understand that it is a silence by all, but how does it fit in the service? Are people supposed to just intuit its purpose and understand this once a year...
The carpet, which is a multicolored oriental, is covered to increase a sense of humility and barrenness. David In a message dated 4/9/2010 3:51:04 P.M. Eastern...
Uh, okay. I think that symbolism might be a little lost. It was on me, but that's just me. Lew ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
The current Book of Common Prayer says that "On this day the ministers enter in silence. All then kneel for silent prayer, after which the Celebrant stands...
Me too. Why not just leave the carpet bare? Or remove it and leave the floor bare? Adding something does not suggest barrenness to me. * Tom Poelker St....
Yes, that is the rubric and RC custom, but how does it fit? How are people to understand it as a specifically liturgical action? I've known the rubric for...
