but moreover to a simple Priest, according to a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, June 10, 1677.

29. Although neither from the Ceremonial of Bishops, nor from a decree given by the Sacred Congregation, May 11, 1652, which prescribes these ceremonies, is it apparent that the Officiant is authorized to give Benediction to the people previous to resuming the procession; yet, from other instances given by the Sacred Congregation of Rites, May 16, 1744; and later, on Sept. 23, 1820, such a practice is sanctioned under certain limitations, as the subjoined decree plainly declares :—“ Juxta votum: nimirum: non obstante decreto inserto in ordine divini officii recitandi, vetustissimam consuetudinem tolerari posse, eo tamen modo, ut saltem servetur regula cæremonialis, quod non toties pausatio fiat, et benedictio elargiatur, quoties altaria occurrant, sed semel, vel iterum et altaria per viam extructa, sint decenter ornata, et a probo cæremoniarum perito prius auctoritate Episcopi visitata."

30. Where such is done by established license of the Ordinary, the sacred Ministers having arrived before the Altar, the Deacon kneeling receives the remonstrance from the Officiant, which he places more solito on the Altar or throne; after which, he returns to the right of the Officiant. The humeral veil is now taken off, the Tantum ergo is sung by the singers, and the Officiant incenses as usual.

31. After the Panem de cœlo and Alleluia, the Officiant recites, as stated in Art. i. n. 18, the Prayer, with the conclusion, Qui vivis et regnas, &c., and resuming the humeral veil, blesses the people in the prescribed manner; after which, the procession again moves forward. (Rituale Romanum de Proces.; Bauldry, lib. ii. cap. xvi. art. iii. n. 23.)

32. The procession having returned to the church, and the sacred Ministers arrived before the Altar, the Deacon, with the usual ceremonies, receives the remonstrance from the Celebrant, and places it upon the Altar. The Cantors having intoned the Tantum ergo, the function continues as at other Benedictions. The clergy remain to assist with their lighted candles until the ceremonies are concluded.

CHAPTER VIII.

VESPERS FOR THE DEAD ON THE FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER.

ARTICLE I.-Preparations.

1. In the Church the catafalque covered with black cloth, and the large candlesticks furnished with candles.

2. At the Altar, a black antependium, covered with a white one,1 if such be convenient, otherwise a black one may be brought from the sacristy before the commencement of the Vespers of the Dead. The same may be said of the covering of the Tabernacle, if the Blessed Sacrament repose on the Altar where the Vespers are to be sung, a purple one should be placed under a white one. (Bauldry, part iv. cap. xviii. n. 2, 5.)

3. On the credence the black cope for the Officiant, and the lectern in its proper place.2

ARTICLE II.-The Vespers.

4. During the Magnificat of the Vespers of All Saints, the candles should be lighted at the catafalque. While the Benedicamus Domino is being sung, the Acolytes should retire from the Officiant, and after having made the usual genuflection in the centre, proceed to place their candles at the sides of the Altar, and extinguish them. (Bauldry, part iv. cap. xviii. n. 3.) The Acolytes should then proceed behind the Cope-men, and after the Benedicamus Domino has been sung, make with them a genuflection to the Altar, and reverence to the choir. They then withdraw to the sacristy, walking before the Cope-men, with their hands joined. Having arrived in the sacristy they aid them to take off their copes.

5. The Benedicamus Domino being sung, the Officiant, without saying the Fidelium animæ (Bauldry, ibid. n. 6), will change the white cope for a black one. The Clerks appointed will remove the carpeting and the white antependium; they will place a black one in its stead, unless it has been previously

1 The Ceremonial of Bishops enjoins that the antependium of the Altar shall be of the colour of the day (book i. chap. xii. n. 11). White will therefore be used for the Vespers of All Saints, and black for Vespers of the Dead.

2 The Ceremonial supposes that the Officiant is placed at a lectern, and that he recites the prayers with joined hands. It is usual in Rome to cover these lecterns with hangings of the colour appropriate to the day.

prepared underneath it. They will also do the same to the Officiant's lectern and the Tabernacle.

6. The Officiant being vested in the black cope, all stand, and the choir sing the antiphon Placebo Domino under the double rite. (Carem. Epis. lib. ii. cap. x. n. 3.) The Cantors having intoned the Psalm, all sit down until the beginning of the Magnificat.

7. The Magnificat being intoned, all rise, and the Acolytes light their candles: the Magnificat over, all sit down until the choir has repeated the antiphon. The Acolytes take their candles, and having genuflected in the centre, proceed before the Officiant. (Carem. Epis. ibid. n. 4.)

8. The antiphon having been repeated, all kneel, except the Acolytes. The Officiant kneeling intones the Pater noster, continues in an undertone, and in due time says Et ne nos inducas, &c., with the versicles, to all of which the choir respond: having come to the Dominus vobiscum, he rises, and says the Prayer Fidelium, &c., which being concluded, he adds Requiem æternam, &c. (Cærem. Epis. ibid.)

9. The Acolytes, making the usual reverence to the Officiant, proceed to the centre, genuflect, deposit the candles in the proper place, and having there left them, return to the centre. After the Cantors have terminated the Requiescant in pace, &c., they genuflect, and retire with hands joined to the sacristy, followed by the choir and the Officiant.

1 At the Offices of the Dead, the Cantors themselves commence the antiphons, and do not go to pre-intone them.

PART III.

OF THE PONTIFICAL OFFICES.

CHAPTER I.

PONTIFICAL HIGH MASS.1

ART. I.-Preparations.

1. In the sacristy, the usual vestments for the Deacon and Subdeacon, but without the maniples. In a convenient place a small carpet with a chair placed upon it. The canon and bugia (or hand-candle), together with the shoes and stockings of the Bishop, should be placed near the vestments of the sacred Ministers.

2. Should the Blessed Sacrament be at the Altar, It is to be removed to another prepared for the purpose. Altar-cards are not required.

The

3. On the High Altar, the Bishop's vestments, namely: the chasuble, dalmatic, tunic, stole, pectoral-cross, girdle, alb, amice, and the gloves on a silver plate:- all these should be covered with the gremial veil, which serves as an apron for the Bishop. A parte Evangelii, the costly mitre, with the veil for the Mitre-bearer; a parte Epistolæ, the plain mitre, with the ribands hanging a little over the antependium.3

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4. On the credence-table, two candlesticks, and between

The following chapters,-Nos. I., III., VI., IX., and X., on the Pontifical Offices, have been given by Baldeschi for the use of those Bishops who officiate in alien dioceses; he has therefore supposed the Bishop to be placed at a faldstool, and not at the throne, in accordance with the terms of the following decree: "Episcopus extra suam diocesim pontificalia exercens uti debet faldistorio, nec ei licet sedere in cathedrá sub baldachino, etiam annuente Episcopo loci." (S. R. C. June 29, 1656; 6th March, 1706.) As there must necessarily be some difference of ceremonial when the Bishop celebrates in his own diocese and at his throne, we have given the remaining chapters, Nos. II., IV., V., VII., and VIII., on the subject. The minor details, however, are supposed to be acquired from those by Baldeschi.

2 Supposing that there is no chapel of the Most Holy Sacrament.

3 A seventh candle on the Altar is not required for a bishop who does not celebrate in his own diocese.

♦ The credence should be covered with a white linen cloth, hanging on all sides down to the ground.

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