Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. It is not lawful without the bishop either to baptize or to celebrate a love-feast; but whatsoever he shall approve of, that is also pleasing to God, so that everything that is done may be secure and valid. (St. Ignatius, Letter to the Smyrnaeans)
Lech Walesa
Antonio Gaudi, architect of Holy Family Cathedral in Spain
Engelbert Dolfuss
Cardinal Mindszenty
Blessed Card. Von Galen
I love that pic of the bishop riding on a horse!
Wow! Where do you get all these images?!
I know that the tenth picture from the bottom is Cardinal Francis Spellman. I simply love you images.
Undegaussable: I surfed around for things for years, and just saved them.
Dan: That is indeed the old Cardinal of my Diocese (NY).
So, exactly why are our clergy these days dressed in ugly polyester garb again…because all of the above was too, what, triumphalist?
Argent, I think that was the idea. But, the Church should be Triumphant, as Christ is, and the Church being his body…..you get the idea. As long as we know we are not triumphant because of anything we did. As one of the Psalms say (paraphrase), : Not to us, oh Lord, not to us, but to thy name be Glory.
I think the tenth picture from the top is William Cardinal O’Connell of Boston. It was because of him that the time between the death of a pope and the beginning of the conclave was extended. He arrived after the doors had been locked. He was quite a character from all accounts and a great builder. Sad to say, many of the churches built during his episcopate have been closed in the last few years.
If the seventh picture from the botttom refers to the Cardinal who was the Prince Primate of Hungary, then his name should be spelled *Mindszenty* (and his book “The Mother” is excellent – or most of it, at least).
Argent and Ken – Yes, you nailed it. Ever since the last council, triumphalism is the last thing they want to promote and this includes vestments. Bl. John XXIII was the one who started talking against it (I think), but the one who really did away with it all was (again) Paul VI. Then again, if they touched and “mutilated” the Liturgy, was where the vestments without **the** Roman Mass!?
Just imagine it — The Pope wearing all the vestments for a (traditional) Solemn Papal Mass and then have a topless woman read the Gospel? nah…
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Then again, if they touched and “mutilated” the Liturgy, what were the vestments without **the** Roman Mass!?
Just imagine it — The Pope wearing all the vestments for a (traditional) Solemn Papal Mass and then have a topless woman read the Gospel? Nah… I don’t think so!
I think that in a way, it is better that they do not wear them anymore because, otherwise, they would be completely out of context and their beauty and splendor would be obscured by weird things allowed today when saying or participating at Mass
Thanks for the wonderful pictures (as always). Cardinal Count of Galen has since been beatified (October 2005).
Counting from the top, who is the bishop in the 5th, 6th, & 8th image?
Overall, this post – and the blog in general – is amazing!
The painting of (I suppose) a First Communion is interesting, in that the bishop is wearing a mitre with choir dress. Some local French usage, I guess, or maybe a canon with unusual privileges?
Hello Father, I believe that is a Confirmation. (Notice the Priest to the right with “Chrism container” to dip the thumb).
Actually, it could be both. I’ve heard that before First Communion and Confirmation were administered on the same day.
But still, why would the Bishop not be wearing the Sacred Vestments? Also, the purple of the Mozzetta is very odd as well as the red (cuffs).
[We can tell this is French because the altar boy is wearing a red cassock and a red fascia].
Good point Latin Mass, I guess it is on odd painting.
I was very interested to see your second photograph of the great Cardinal Mindszenty, seated between the Empress-Queen Zita and her eldest son, Otto of Austria, with, I presume, his eldest son, Karl, standing behind him. It forms a fascinating summary of the survival of the Habsburg ideal of a Catholic Empire.
The very top picture is of a canon and not a bishop I think.