When can a seminarian/priest wear a biretta with a blue pom?

[LoveOfLife1990]

The biretta with a blue pom is worn by those who have a degree in philosophy. Can a seminarian who possesses a Ph.L in philosophy wear that biretta? Or is it only a priest with a Ph.D?

What are the stipulations?

Same for red pom (S.T.L. or S.T.D)

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

The biretta with a blue pom is worn by those who have a degree in philosophy. Can a seminarian who possesses a Ph.L in philosophy wear that biretta? Or is it only a priest with a Ph.D?

What are the stipulations?

Same for red pom (S.T.L. or S.T.D)

I would imagine those in charge of the seminarian can decide what is appropriate. Have they been contacted? Beyond that I have no idea…

Sounds like a father z question though…

 

[1neophyte]

Only on Tuesdays during Lent.

 

[edward_george]

That would be an academic biretta and as such would only be appropriately worn in an academic context, namely at academic ceremonies. This type of biretta may not be used in the liturgy by anyone of any rank, seminarian or priest or even Bishop.

-Fr ACEGC

 

[Tarpeian_Rock]

I would have thought that such signs of distinction, exclusivity, or particular accomplishments would be foreign to the atmosphere of a seminary. As would concern with such things.

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

I would have thought that such signs of distinction, exclusivity, or particular accomplishments would be foreign to the atmosphere of a seminary. As would concern with such things.

You’ve never met a Jesuit?

 

[1neophyte]

You’ve never met a Jesuit?

Or any other seminarian?

 

[Tarpeian_Rock]

You’ve never met a Jesuit?

My graduate Jesuit professors not only didn’t wear birettas (let alone colored poms), they didn’t wear cassocks, and occasionally, were in suit and tie. And occasionally the tie didn’t show up either.

 

[SKWill]

The clergy of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest have blue poms on their liturgical berettas institute-christ-king.org/institute/questions/

 

[Chatter163]

The blue-piped biretta for philosophy majors is worn only by those who received a doctorate from a pontifical university. In the US that would be Catholic University of America

 

[LoveOfLife1990]

The blue-piped biretta for philosophy majors is worn only by those who received a doctorate from a pontifical university. In the US that would be Catholic University of America

Hey! Thanks for answering my question! Does the same apply to Theology (red biretta)? I know someone who wears a red pommed biretta and he only has a Licentiate. Is this priest bending the rules or what?

 

[malphono]

Hey! Thanks for answering my question! Does the same apply to Theology (red biretta)? I know someone who wears a red pommed biretta and he only has a Licentiate. Is this priest bending the rules or what?

IIRC, the academic birettas given by Pontifical faculties have two styles: three “wings” for a licentiate and four for a doctorate. The colors of the poms are the same. As was pointed out earlier in this thread by another poster, these birettas are strictly academic, and are not to be worn for liturgical functions.

 

[Chatter163]

Hey! Thanks for answering my question! Does the same apply to Theology (red biretta)? I know someone who wears a red pommed biretta and he only has a Licentiate. Is this priest bending the rules or what?

The pom is not involved; only the piping is one of the colors previously mentioned. A violet pom on a black biretta signifies that the wearer is a monsignor.

 

[SKWill]

The pom is not involved; only the piping is one of the colors previously mentioned. A violet pom on a black biretta signifies that the wearer is a monsignor.

You may be confusing color traditions for liturgical birettas with those for academic birettas.

Father Z has a picture of an academic biretta with green trim and green pom in this post from a few years ago.

The article on birettas on Wikipedia notes several variations in trim/pom colors for academic birettas.

 

[MorEphrem]

IIRC, the academic birettas given by Pontifical faculties have two styles: three “wings” for a licentiate and four for a doctorate. The colors of the poms are the same. As was pointed out earlier in this thread by another poster, these birettas are strictly academic, and are not to be worn for liturgical functions.

Emphasis my own.