The Minneapolis journal., 1902-10-27
N0RBECK AT THE BAR AN IMPOSING RITE
The Conservation Of Two Bishops in
the St. Paul Cathedral To-
morrow Morning.
The Special Garments They Will
Wear and the Significance
of Each.

| The conservation of Rev James j.
Keane of this city as bishop Of Cheyenne,
Wyo., will take place tomorrow morn
ing at the cathedral. st. Paul, coinci-
dentally with the conservation of Rev.
John N. stariha of st. Paul as bishoy Of
Lead, S. D. The consecrtaor will be Arch
bishop Ireland, from whose remarkable
province have gone forth so many bish-
ops within the last few years. The arch
bishop will be assisted by several st.
Paul pastors. Five archbishops. fifteen
bishops and hundred or more priests
will attend.
The event will be one Of unusual splen-
dor owing to the rich vestments that are
worn by those who participate, especially
by the bishops.
| Though the ecclesiastical vestments had
their origin In the ordinary dress OF the
Romans during the empire, and though 1t
was not until after the fall of the empire
that the garb once common to the people
generally became peculiar to the servants
of the mass, garments of costly material
were used long before that time by men,
bers of the clergy. At the end Of the
fourth century the bishops are described as
clothed in Shining vestments.'
Significance of Garments.
The amice was introduced more than a
| thousand years ago to cover the necks OF
|
| that time, as is shown by many nlosaics
in the Roman catacombs, the priests mad
celebrated with bare necl1s. The amlce
was presumably adopted to protect the
celebrants from exposure in the large,
cold basilicas of that age. Different splr-
itual meanings have been assigned to the
amice, the most important being wit
messed by the priest, who, as he rests the
garment upon his head recites the prayer,
| helmet
salvation!''
| The alb-from the Latin "alba,' white
comes down from remote antiquity and
is mentioned by Eusebius. 1t sprang from
the undergarment with sleeves that was
worn by the Greeks. The alb symbolizes
the immaculate purity that the celeorant
should bring to the divine mysteries. SO
the priest, putting on his alb, eNclaims
Make me white, Lord, and cleanse
me-"
Confluence and self-restraint is the sig
nifcance Of the girde.
The maniple, now decorative and SYM
bolic only, was in the earliest ages, an
actual hand ,rchief, as the name sug-
gests, and was used by the priest to wipe
his face and eyes. From it's fitness for
drying tears the maniple became the
emblem Of a Christians grief, and the
priest, as he accepted the maniple,
learned to repeat the prayer, BE 1t
weeping and sorrow, that I may receive
with joy the reward of toll"
| A priest donning the stole prays, "G1ve
me back, 0 Lord the robe of immortal
ity," although the vestment has also been
understood to symbolic the yoke OF
Christ.
Among Greek Catholics the chasuble still
retains it's ancient form of a large, round
mantle, such as was worn by the Romans
when on journeys and in military service.
From the sixth century at latest the cha
suble was adapted to the use Of the church
and gradually became an ecclesiastical
1 dress pure and simple. This venerable and
important Vestment has borne many
meanings to many pious men. According
to the Roman missal, which guides the
priest in putting on the chasuble, that
garment bears the significance attributed
by some to the stole, for the priest then
prays, 20 Lord who hast said, my yoke is
sweet and my burden light grant that
may carry 1t in such a manner as to obtain
thy grace!' Yet the most popular explana-
ton Of the spiritual ideas conveyed by the
chasuble makes it reproduction of the
seamless coat worn by Jesus and figure
Of charity, which, as Rebanus Maurus
says, "is eminent above all the other Vir-
tues and which essentially includes al
other virtues as the chasuble covers the
other vestments. And the cross upon the
back Of the chasuble typifies the divine
cross that Christians must carry when
following their Sovior.
The dalmatic has a long and honorable
history. It's name is derived from the
country Of Dalmatia, and is first seen in
records Of the second century. At that
time a dalmatic meant a long undergar-
ment like the Roman tunic Of white Dal-
matian wool. In the Acts Of Saint Cy-
prian, it is said that the martyr throw
ing off his dalmatic, stood ready fol
death in his linen garment. Here the dal-
matte was clearly a garment of everyday
!, life. Mystical meanings have been at
tached to the dalmatic. When the arms OF
figure Of cross; the width Of the sleeves
is said to typify charity; the two stripes
Il which were originally purple and relic
! of Roman custom), have been supposed
to symbolic the blood Of Christ shed fol
both the Gentle and the Jew.
What Bishop keane VIII Wear.
} In accordance with the foregoing princi
pies Bishop Keane will wear red vest
ments tomorrow because the day Of hi
conservation is the feast of the apostle
Saint Simon and Jude. Exercising tn
plentitude of the priesthood he will b.
vested in the subdeacon's tunic. the dea
cons damlmatic, and, over ALL the priestl,
, chasuble. But as insignia peculiar to hi
, high office the bishop will take the epscopa
: sandals are now ordinarily in the form O
fine slippers Of a violet or purple hue.
, The episcopal stockings, scarcely visibl,
r with the modern vestments, have beer
+ made of silk since the twelfth century
: The pectoral cross, worn, as it's name
= implies, upon the bishops breast, remind
him of the mighty lessons taught by tn,
cross everywhere. This cross frequentl,
contained, in the past, a minute portion
, from some relic Of a martyr-a fact t,
. which the bishop makes allusion in tn
prayer which he repeats while he take
the cross upon his bosom.
: The bishops gloves, blessed and put OF
his hands by the consecrator, are in ori
gin among the latest of the episcopal in
sigma.
The Bishops Ring.
The bishops ring, which is heavy gol
ring set with a seal not limited to an
special device, is survival, like tn
secular wedding ring, of the old custom b.
which all contracts were sealed with tn
ring Of the contracting party. The Epis
copal ring is the sign Of the spiritual ALI
I ance between the bishop and the church
I and it Is also a mark Of the authorit
! delegated by the Holy Ghost.
The mitre, that lofty headdress of whit
silk embroidered in gold, is of uncertain