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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The bishop is laying the cross on the chest of a soldier dressed in armor who is about to set out for the Holy Land. Other soldiers await their turn -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the first of two illustrating the proceedings at a diocesan synod. The bishop sits among the priests of the diocese, as the archdeacon stands in a pulpit and reads the decrees of the Council of Trent and the profession of faith. All who are present also make the profession of ... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the first of three illustrating various rites for those under holy orders. When a priest engages in serious wrong-doing, he may be suspended by the bishop. After doing the prescibed penance, the priest undergoes a rite of reconciliation. Here the bishop is laying his hand on t... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the second of two illustrating the proceedings at a diocesan synod. The bishop preaches to all those present at the synod, admonishing and exhorting them -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates one part of the rite of absolution for a priest who had been excommunicated. The one to be absolved kneels before the bishop who is seated outside of the church. The bishop holds a switch in his hand with which he beats the shoulders of the one to be absolved, while a... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates the rite of solemn excommunication. The bishop sits surrounded by twelve priests in a public place, each with a lit candle in his hand. The bishop then pronounces the anathema against the one to be excommunicated, after which all strike out their candles against the g... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates the visit of a bishop to a parish church. While visiting, he gives the local congregation a solemn blessing and, during the liturgy, tells them the reasons why he has come to see them (e.g., to ascertain whether or not the local church is being well governed, to perfor... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the third of five illustrating the reconcilation of pentitents to the Church on Holy Thursday. The archdeacon approaches the penitents and bids them to remain silent and listen as he speaks to the bishop on their behalf -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: On the feast of the Epiphany, the archdeacon ascends the pulpit after the singing of the Gospel and sings out the dates of the moveable feasts of the coming church year and also the day of the diocesan synod -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This is the second of four engravings illustrating the blessing of several holy oils on Holy Thursday. The archdeacon presents a vessel containing oil to the bishop for his blessing -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This is the first of four engravings illustrating the blessing of several holy oils on Holy Thursday. The bishop sits in the midst of many clerical dignitaries, priests, deacons and subdeacons and prepares to begin the sacrifice of the Mass -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This is the last of three engravings illustrating the blessing of a new bell for a church. The bishop places a thurible filled with incense under the bell and allows the smoke of the incense to rise and envelope the bell -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This is the second of three engravings illustrating the blessing of a new bell for a church. The bishop makes seven crosses with his right hand on the outside of the bell using holy oil -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This is the first of three engravings illustrating the blessing of a new bell for a church. The bell is set up inside the church for the blessing. The bishop is seated while several Psalms are chanted. The implements needed for the ceremony are set out on a table -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: As one of his priest-assistants kneels before him holding the sword, the bishop blesses it with a prayer and holy water -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the second of three illustrating the public expulsion of penitents from the community of the church on Ash Wednesday. After blessing it with holy water, the bishop places a hairshirt onto the penitents -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The bishop blesses a suit of armor that is laid out on a table -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the first of four illustrating the consecration of a portable altar (or possibly a side altar). The bishop first blesses some of the ingredients that will be used during the ceremony of consecration: vessels containing water with salt, ashes and wine -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the second of four illustrating the consecration of a portable altar (or possibly a side altar). Taking some of the blessed water in his hand, the bishop makes the sign of the cross in the middle of the altar -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the fifth of six illustrating the blessing of a cemetery. The bishop does the same thing at the four outer crosses as he had done at the center. He blesses each cross with incense from the thurible and then places a lit candle at the top of the vertical post and two more candl...