The importance of dressing in the proper uniform for the clergy
cannot be minimized. The dress of the clergy indicates their
authority in the Mystical Body of Christ and should not be cast
aside lightly. Such a manual seems almost a necessity when we
remember that tailors, in making ecclesiastical costumes, very
often follow their own tastes, fancies, or designs instead of the
very clear and precise rules of ecclesiastical etiquette. With this
manual in hand, they would have no longer an excuse for the
mistakes they make. Even our good Sisters and pious ladies, who so
kindly and generously shower Christmas presents on the Clergy, in
the shape of birettas, " rabbis," surplices, cottas, and other
articles of clerical dress, need to be informed that the material,
color, shape, trimmings, etc., of these objects are regulated not
by the rich taste, generous liberality or devotion of the giver,
but by ordinances of the Church. May I not hope, then, that this
little book, in spite of its shortcomings and imperfections, will
prove useful to those interested, and be a guide where needed in
the making up of ecclesiastical costumes? With regard to the
various costumes worn by Prelates, the will of the Church has been
that modifications. however excellent and. in some way.
justifiable. should not be left to private fancy; for she clearly
foresaw that. after a short lapse of years. such toleration would
practically do away with a unity at once beautiful and instructive.
Therefore has she laid down for all these costumes precise
regulations that should not be lightly put aside. Two Roman
Congregations, the Congregation of Rites and the Congregation of
the Ceremonial, are especially commissioned to watch over the exact
observance of these rules and to secure their preservation. It is
to the decrees of these two Congregations that I have chiefly had
recourse in compiling this manual. The decrees of the Congregation
of Rites are quoted from the Collections of Gardellini and
Muhlbauer. As to the Decrees of the Congregation of the Ceremonial.
as there exists no official Collection. I have had to rely on the
authors who quote them. To the decrees, I have joined the
prescriptions of the Ceremonials. and especially of the official
books of the Church, the Missal. the Ceremonial of Bishops. and the
Roman Pontifical, which contain a wealth of interesting and
instructive Rubrics. Finally, for the interpretation of decrees and
rubrics. and for the modern adaptation of all these rules, ] have
consulted authors generally considered the best, who have devoted
their lives to original research in this matter, such as Mgr.
Martinucci - " Rex Caeremoniariorum ., - Mgr. Barbier de Montault,
the Rev. Fr. Haegy, C. S. Sp., in his new edition of," Les
Ceremonies Pontificales " of the learned Father Levavasseur, etc.
As to matter that is not to be found in books, I have invariably
followed Roman Tradition. The only one of authority on this point
as on all others. I t goes without saying that ] have not failed to
mention lawful customs where these exist.
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