The Cassock,The Crosier,The Mitre?

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The Cassock(where fitted)do the 33 buttons symbolize Christ’s earthly life?What of the colour black and the white collar,what do they symbolize?

The Crosier:what does it symbolize?

Mitre:does the two pronged hat symbolize the Old & New Testaments?
 
Very good questions. Why not expand them? Different traditions have different vestments. I’d love to hear about some of the differents and the backgrounds behind them.
 
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The Cassock(where fitted)do the 33 buttons symbolize Christ’s earthly life?What of the colour black and the white collar,what do they symbolize?

The Crosier:what does it symbolize?

Mitre:does the two pronged hat symbolize the Old & New Testaments?
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Here’s what I seem to recall:

Black of the cassock represents dying to self. Not sure about the white. Yes, the amount of buttons (where applicable) represent christ’s life.

The crosier represents the teaching and governing authority of the bishop. That is why others, such as abbots (outside their monasteries) and aux. bishops only carry crosiers with the direct permission of the ordinary of the diocese. That is also why only the primary celebrant in a concelebration may ever carry the crosier.

The mitre also represents some forms of authority, but I’m not as sure on that one.
 
I found this last month…

The 33 buttons on a Roman cassock represent our Lord Christ’s earthly years.
  • 5 other buttons on each wrist are for the 5 wounds He suffered on the cross. When the priest’s hands are held together, these 5 buttons from each hands represent the Ten Commandments.
  • 3 pleats in the back stand for the Tiune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
  • 7 inch cuffs tell us of the story of Creation.
  • 1 inch hole at the neck represents the Oneness of God.
  • The shoulder coat represents the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
 
The Crosier comes from the sheperd’s crook (a type of staff, with a hook at the top), It symblizes the Bishop’s concerns for his flock. :highprayer:
 
Cheers guys,what amazes me about the Church is the finer details.Pretty much,everything represents or symbolizes something.Incredible!
 
I thought I read once that the Mitre is supposed to resemble a flame, bringing to mind Pentecost and reminding us of the fullness of Holy Orders that is the episcopate. I also read that it resembles the open mouth of a fish. Not sure if that’s supposed to bring anything to mind other than the rich history of symbolism the fish has held in Christianity.
 
It had been my understanding - perhaps wrong - that the design of the mitre was patterned after the ritual headgear of a Jewish high priest.
 
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Cheers guys,what amazes me about the Church is the finer details.Pretty much,everything represents or symbolizes something.Incredible!
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I know, isn’t it so cool? I love our church.
 
Here’s some more that may be of interest.

From:
Ordo Consecrationis Electi in Episcopum Juxta Pontificale Romanum / The Order Followed in the Consecration of a Bishop According to the Roman Pontifical – translated and edited by the Rev. Joseph Henry McMahon, Director of the Cathedral Library of New York (1922)

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For the pastoral staff, the Consecrator, while handing it to the one consecrated, says:

ACCIPE baculum Pastoralis officii: ut sis in corrigendis vitiis pie saeviens, judicium sine ira tenens, in fovendis virtutibus auditorum animos demulcens, in tranquillitate severitatis censuram non deserens. R. Amen.

RECEIVE the staff of the pastoral office, so that in the correction of vices you may be lovingly severe, giving judgment without wrath, softening the minds of your hearers whilst fostering virtues, not neglecting strictness of discipline through love of tranquillity. R. Amen

(pages 28)

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For the mitre, the Consecrator, while placing it on the head of the one consecrated, says:

IMPONIMUS, Domine, capiti hujus Anstititis et agonistae tui galeam munitionis et salutis, quatenus decorate facie et armato capite, cornibus utriusque Testamenti terribilis appareat adversariis veritatis; et, te ei largiente gratiam, impugnator eorum robustus exsistat, qui Moysi famuli tui faciem ex tui sermonis consortio decoratam, lucidissimis tuae claritatis ac veritatis cornibus insignisti; et capiti Aaron Pontificis tui tiaram imponi jussisti. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen.

WE, O Lord, place on the head of this Thy bishop and champion, the helmet of protection and salvation, so that his face being adorned and his head armed with the horns of both testaments, he may seem terrible to the opponents of truth, and through the indulgence of Thy grace may be their sturdy adversary, Thou Who didst mark with the brightest rays of Thy splendor and truth the countenance of Moses Thy servant, ornamented from his fellowship with Thy word : and didst order the tiara to be placed on the head of Aaron thy high priest. Through Christ Our Lord. R. Amen.

pages 35

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The book also talks about the ring, the gloves, the book of the Gospels, etc. and is available as a Free Google ebook at:
books.google.com/books?id=5A8WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7&lpg=PP7&dq=ordo+consecrationis+electi+in+episcopum&source=bl&ots=hXiGsAs4Zi&sig=8gGba7j_36zQm8NcaFqq5BVZ_iE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oogVUIbsNdKHqQHV4YHQCQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=ordo%20consecrationis%20electi%20in%20episcopum&f=false

amsjj 🙂

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Jesus, God and man,
imprisoned by love in Thy most holy Sacrament,
have mercy upon us.
  • Blessed John Henry Newman, December 22, 1851
Tú y yo sabemos por la fe que oculto en las especies sacramentales está Cristo,
ese Cristo con su Cuerpo, con su Sangre, con su Alma, y con su Divinidad,
prisonero de amor.
  • San Josemaría Escrivá, 1 junio 1974
… Our Lord Himself frequently said; and it is recorded as an Apostolic tradition from Him
by St. Justin the Martyr. He says ‘Jesus often said, “They who are near Me are near a fire”’.
  • Abp. W. B. Ullathorne, August 1st 1886
 
amsjj said:
Here’s some more that may be of interest.

From:
Ordo Consecrationis Electi in Episcopum Juxta Pontificale Romanum / The Order Followed in the Consecration of a Bishop According to the Roman Pontifical – translated and edited by the Rev. Joseph Henry McMahon, Director of the Cathedral Library of New York (1922)

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For the pastoral staff, the Consecrator, while handing it to the one consecrated, says:

ACCIPE baculum Pastoralis officii: ut sis in corrigendis vitiis pie saeviens, judicium sine ira tenens, in fovendis virtutibus auditorum animos demulcens, in tranquillitate severitatis censuram non deserens. R. Amen.

RECEIVE the staff of the pastoral office, so that in the correction of vices you may be lovingly severe, giving judgment without wrath, softening the minds of your hearers whilst fostering virtues, not neglecting strictness of discipline through love of tranquillity. R. Amen

(pages 28)

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For the mitre, the Consecrator, while placing it on the head of the one consecrated, says:

IMPONIMUS, Domine, capiti hujus Anstititis et agonistae tui galeam munitionis et salutis, quatenus decorate facie et armato capite, cornibus utriusque Testamenti terribilis appareat adversariis veritatis; et, te ei largiente gratiam, impugnator eorum robustus exsistat, qui Moysi famuli tui faciem ex tui sermonis consortio decoratam, lucidissimis tuae claritatis ac veritatis cornibus insignisti; et capiti Aaron Pontificis tui tiaram imponi jussisti. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen.

WE, O Lord, place on the head of this Thy bishop and champion, the helmet of protection and salvation, so that his face being adorned and his head armed with the horns of both testaments, he may seem terrible to the opponents of truth, and through the indulgence of Thy grace may be their sturdy adversary, Thou Who didst mark with the brightest rays of Thy splendor and truth the countenance of Moses Thy servant, ornamented from his fellowship with Thy word : and didst order the tiara to be placed on the head of Aaron thy high priest. Through Christ Our Lord. R. Amen.

pages 35

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The book also talks about the ring, the gloves, the book of the Gospels, etc. and is available as a Free Google ebook at:
books.google.com/books?id=5A8WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7&lpg=PP7&dq=ordo+consecrationis+electi+in+episcopum&source=bl&ots=hXiGsAs4Zi&sig=8gGba7j_36zQm8NcaFqq5BVZ_iE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oogVUIbsNdKHqQHV4YHQCQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=ordo%20consecrationis%20electi%20in%20episcopum&f=false

amsjj 🙂

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Jesus, God and man,
imprisoned by love in Thy most holy Sacrament,
have mercy upon us.
  • Blessed John Henry Newman, December 22, 1851
Tú y yo sabemos por la fe que oculto en las especies sacramentales está Cristo,
ese Cristo con su Cuerpo, con su Sangre, con su Alma, y con su Divinidad,
prisonero de amor.
  • San Josemaría Escrivá, 1 junio 1974
… Our Lord Himself frequently said; and it is recorded as an Apostolic tradition from Him
by St. Justin the Martyr. He says ‘Jesus often said, “They who are near Me are near a fire”’.
  • Abp. W. B. Ullathorne, August 1st 1886
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This is great!I thought there was something that represented the two testaments?
 
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