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Papal Tiara Commissioned and Gifted toBenedict XVIBY SHAWN TRIBE

ust a quick note as some of our readers may be interested in this story published by John

Sonnen about a papal tiara that was gifted to Pope Benedict XVI , commissioned by Dieter

Philippi and crafted by a Bulgarian Orthodox liturgical firm.

The tiara was presented to the pontiff today by Dieter Philippi and a small delegation of

Catholics and Eastern Orthodox.

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Go on...see if it fits...just once...No, there's no film in this camera.

Ioannes Andreades

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What a waste. At least it will look nice on a mantel.

Raitchi2

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Gorgeous! Would have made more sense of the lappets were cloth of gold, but, none-the-less it is a stunning

piece perfectly suited for the Vicar of Christ! (Also, notice how Benedict's original coat of arms, complete with

mitre and pallium, were embroidered on the back. Simply marvelous).

Kevin Young

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Also, it appears as though this is a near-perfect copy of Pius XI's tiara, albeit with slight variations..

Kevin Young

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Now there's a hint if ever I saw one! Some people just don't *do* subtlety, do they?

Subdeacon Michael

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It is time. It is time to have a coronation. It is time to have a traditional papal Mass. It time.

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What a ballsy display of passive-aggression!

A Sinner

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Please, no. Hard to see the point of this; the idea of a papal 'coronation' is just so abhorrent and I'm sure the

Pope has far more sense. A gift to the Pope's personal charities would have been so much more to the point.

It is difficult to see how this could ever work from an aesthetic point of view; Benedict is not tall and very slight,

so it would simply look ridiculous if he wore it. I think we're all beyond this sort of nonsense now.

Johannes

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The polemical argument is irrelevant. The tiara was given to the Pope in the name of Christian unity,

so he should wear it in the name of Christian unity. What would better demonstrate the sincerity of his

commitment to ecumenism?

Henry

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You've got to be kidding, right? The involvement of a small group of Eastern Orthodox (who

had to be contracted to make the thing because good luck finding a Catholic firm capable of

it!) does not exactly make it an ecumenical gesture: that small group does not represent the

whole or even the majority of Orthodoxy, and if the pope were to wear it, it would be a definite

setback to ecumenism -- an assertion of something that the pope (as one bishop, equal

among equals, first in honor, and honor only) hasn't got and never had.

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I won't get into the question of whether the wearing of the tiara today would be

advisable or not, but the Pope is certainly more than "one bishop, equal among

equals, first in honor, and honor only" - he is, as the code puts it, "head of the college

of bishops, the Vicar of Christ, and the

pastor of the universal Church on earth. By virtue of his office he possesses

supreme, full, immediate, and universal ordinary power in the Church, which he

is always able to exercise freely."

Gregor

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Not to mention that he is Soveriegn. He is the King of Vatican City, in a very

temporal sense. If various monarchies are allowed to wear their crown

jewels, then so should the Pope. There is a reason why it is called a

TRIRREGNUM...don't you agree?

Andy Milam

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. In past centuries, when the Successor of Peter took

possession of his See, the triregnum or tiara was placed on his

head.

The last Pope to be crowned was Paul VI in 1963, but after the

solemn

coronation ceremony he never used the tiara again and left his

Successors

free to decide in this regard. Pope John Paul I, whose memory is so

vivid in our hearts,

did not wish to have the tiara; nor does his Successor wish it today.

This

is not the time to return to a ceremony and an object considered,

wrongly,

to be a symbol of the temporal power of the Popes....The Second

Vatican Council has reminded us of the mystery of

this power and of the fact that Christ's mission as Priest, Prophet-

Teacher

and King continues in the Church. Everyone, the whole People of

God, shares

in this threefold mission. Perhaps in the past, the tiara, this triple

crown, was placed on the Pope's head in order to express by that

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Lord's plan for his Church, namely that all the hierarchical order of

Christ's Church, all "sacred power" exercised in the Church, is

nothing

other than service, service with a single purpose: to ensure that the

whole

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I absolutely disagree with this assessment, except one

part....that Paul VI left the possibility open to his

successors.

You can't possibly know the mind of Benedict XVI. You

cannot make the assertation that he wouldn't want it. You

simply don't know that, unless you talked with His Holiness

right before you made this post.

While Vatican Council II did remind us of the threefold

mission of the Papacy, the fact that the Pope is a Soverign

isn't lost. It was set aside in a liberal gesture, by a socially

liberal Pope. That act didn't change the nature of the

papacy, it changed the view the faithful had of it. Two

entirely different things.

While the tiara might represent the Lord's plan, to take the

symbolism of that plan from the faithful was very reckless

on the part of Paul VI, IMHO. I am sure that most monarchs

today view wearing their crown as a symbol of service, so

why should the Pope be any different?

Andy Milam

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The

Pope is not an absolute monarch, whose thought and will are law.

On the

contrary, the Pope's ministry is guarantee of obedience to Christ

and

his word. The Pope must not proclaim his own ideas, but bind

himself

constantly and bind the Church to obedience to the Word of God, in

face

of attempts to adapt and water down, in face, as well, of all

opportunism. Benedict XVI, Homily on the Canonical Possession of

Saint John LAteran

Ekqlr

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I also disagree...the Holy Father IS an absolute elected

monarch. He is the Soverign of Vatican City State and

holdings.

To deny this is a grave mistake. While he may not have the

same territory that he once did, he is still a King. If you

differ, by all means, go to Vatican City and make that

statement offically. I daresay you'll be expelled pretty fast.

Andy Milam

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Interestingly, while I would have thought the Orthodox might take more issue

with it (and I am sure there are those), its rather interesting to me that many

of them seem rather neutral. A comment I have seen is that to them, it

seems proximate to their Eastern crown form of mitre so they aren't too

worked up about it.

I know there are Eastern Orthodox even here already commenting, as well

as others reading. Feel free to interject.

Shawn Tribe

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"one bishop, equal among equals, first in honor, and honor only..."

Someone needs to go back to seminary...

Auricularis

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"equal among equals"...does that even mean anything??? I'd understand first among

equals even though that one be wrong.

It's not even that someone needs to go back to seminary...someone needs to go

back to First Communion classes!!

And for the record...I do NOT think it is advisable that the Pope wear the tiara. "His

rule is over space and time, his throne the hearts of men.." The Pope as Vicar of

Christ proclaims with Christ...my kingdom is not of this world. He is Pope not by

virtue of him being head of the Vatican City State, but as the Shepherd King of Rome.

Justin

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"as one bishop, equal among equals, first in honor, and honor only."

FATHER, where is this coming from?!

Miguel Madarang

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I disagree. He is a sovereign and should have a crown.

Seanmaceochaidh

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This is truly magnificent!

Desrocquettes

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Hopefully he will use this one day :)

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In Orthodox usage, every bishop gets a crown. It is equivalent to the miter in the West. So I don't see why the

Pope shouldn't get one too, especially if he were to preside at an Eastern Rite service.

From what I've read about B16, he does not seem to have 'monarchical' aspirations, any more than the perks

he enjoys now.

Rdr. James

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When Bl. Pope John XXIII presided at a Byzantine Rite Liturgy, at which all the bishops were wearing

their crowns, he wore the tiara. It looked appropriate.

Petrus

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During V2, Bl. John XXIII celebrated in the Byzantine rite with Melkite hierarchs.

He wore Byzantine vestments, except he wore the trigregno instead of the mitra. Alas, he also wore the fanon

and western pallium over the sakkos. The other bishops, following Melkite usage, simply wore their klobuki

(veiled kamelavka, a monastic headdress).

Bpbasilphx

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Bl. John Paul II celebrated the Byzantine rite on several occasions, through i think he was always

vested as a Latin

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Why are American's so worried about 'monarchies' like they are some kind of out-dated idea. It may be a point

of differentiation to those from the USA, but most of the other english-speaking nations are quite happy and at

ease with the idea of a crowned monarch, and the notion of a crowned spiritual 'prince of princes' is't culturally

foreign at all. There is nothing wrong with the Pope being a "monarch"- he just has to be a good one in the

appropriate way.There are plenty of monarchies all over the world today, who are still crowned, still wear

crowns, and still retain the old ceremonial and court positions and dress for occasions, while also maintining

a modern approach. E.G. England, Denmark. These did not throw out their traditions willy nilly in some

misguided attempt at modernisation and still continue to maintain them even today. This fear of 'monarchy'

and the triregnum is misguided and grossly overstated.

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I dont think the pope should wear the tiara on a regular basis after all it is not a liturgical vestment, however I

think it should be incorporated into papal ceremonies, carried in prossesions, present at papal coronations

etc. also it should always be present on the papal arms.

John

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He functions as Sovereign just as often as he functions as a celebrant. On those State occasions

where it is warranted, he should wear it.

In those liturgical occasions where it is warranted, he should wear it.

Andy Milam

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Possible compromise:

1) The tiara is to be worn by the Pope during the entrance procession of the Papal Mass of June 29. In short:

he'll actually wear it only once a year. An alternative occasion would be the Urbi et Orbi address and

benediction after the Easter Sunday morning Papal Mass.

2) For canonizations and the other Solemnities, the tiara is to be carried before him during the entrance and

recessional procession and placed on the altar.

3) For all other liturgical celebrations and Masses, he will use only the miter.

I'd like to see the tiara restored for all the occasions when they were used by pre-V2 popes, but I'm a realist.

Catholic from Asia

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One hitherto overlooked aspect of the tiara is that it is of priestly origin. The tiara in antiquity was a white,

conival priestly headdress and it was associated with the High Priest of the Temple of Jerusalem. So its

principal meaning is priestly, not sovereign.

The crowns were added quite late, the first by Pope Gregory, to affirm the equal status of the Pope with the

Emperor. The Imperial tiara, a circlet of gold studded with gems, with two infule or lappets that later developed

in the tiara's and mitre's infulae, was thus added round the base of the tiara.

The tiara is amongst the most ancient insigna of the Pope, possibly preceding Costantine and therefore at

least as old as the casula.

The tiara is really the Pope's mitre, and was worn almost in the same way.

As others here have remarked, it was certainly not Paul VI that abolished it, in fact its use was foreseen in his

instruction for the coronation of the new Pope.

But now it is political: its abolition was long prepared by certain elements of the Curia and bishpos, who

wanted the mitre as a simbol of the episcopal republic to be....

Maurizio

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It’s just awful.

The workmanship is amateurish and it’s a direct rip-off of the Pius XI tiara.

It would have been such an important statement and they blew it.

Poor, beautiful, urbane, and gentle Pope Benedict; that they should regard you so cheaply.

Jose J. Lopes

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Latin Liturgy Association

International Una Voce Federation

St. Colman's Society for Catholic

Liturgy (Ireland)

Society for Catholic Liturgy

CIEL UK

Notre Dame de Chretiente

(Organizers of the Annual

Chartres Pilgrimage)

Henry Bradshaw Society

The Pugin Society

Musica Sacra: Church Music

Association of America

Adoremus: Society for the

Renewal of the Sacred Liturgy

Saint Gregory Society

Pro Missa Tridentina (Germany)

Latin Mass Society of England

and Wales

Latin Mass Society of Ireland

Society of St. Catherine of Siena

(UK)

Capella Sancti Servatii Nunhem

Inter Multiplices Una Vox (Italian

Usus Antiquior society)

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Federation

Juventutem (Usus Antiquior

Young Adults Movement)

Juventutem Australia

Juventutem USA

Juventutem Ireland

U.K. Catholic Young Adults

Rassemblement des Jeunes

Catholiques (Assembly of

Catholic Youth, France)

Christ-Königs-Jugend (Germany)

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Cantica Nova: Traditional Music

for the Contemporary Church

Liturgical Environs (Steven

Schloeder, Catholic Architect)

Duncan G. Stroik (Catholic

Architect)

Thomas Gordon Smith Architects

HDB/Cram & Ferguson

(Architects)

The Pugin Foundation

Foundation for Sacred Arts

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Missale Ambrosianum (1981

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Missale Cisterciense (pre-1647)

Breviarium Lugdunense

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