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Noonan, James-Charles.

The Church visible : the ceremonial life and protocol of the Roman Catholic Church / James-Charles Noonan, Jr. ; John P. Foley, special consultor ; produced by Amaranth.

New York : Viking, 1996.

©1996

xxvi, 553 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

A living testament to the universality, spirituality and grandeur of the post-Vatican II Church. The ideal companion to the doctrinal volume "The Catechism of the Catholic Church", this landmark study faithfully represents the external life of the Church--its ceremonies, traditions, vesture, insignia and protocol.

Catholic Church -- Customs and practices.

Papacy.

Church etiquette.

Papal decorations.

Church vestments -- Catholic Church.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 536-541) and indexes.

PART ONE. At the Vatican -- Sacred College -- Roman Curia -- The Papal Household and the Papal Family -- Papal Diplomacy -- Swiss Guard: Defensores Ecclesiae Libertatis -- PART TWO. Papal Honors -- Papal Honors: Laity -- Papal Honors: Clergy -- Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta -- Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem -- Ecclesiastical Heraldry -- PART THREE. Church Protocol -- Forms of Address -- Ecclesiastical Precedence -- Ecclesiastical Protocol and Etiquette -- PART FOUR. Vesture and Insignia -- Regulations Governing Color and Material -- Cassock -- Simar -- Fascia -- Roman Collar and Rabat -- Biretta -- Zucchetto -- Mozzetta -- Ferraiolo -- Mantelletta -- Cappa Magna -- Rochet and Surplice -- Mantellone, Crocia, and Soprana -- Pontifical Hats -- Ecclesiastical Cloaks -- Vesture Components -- Tenue de Ville -- Sacred Vestments -- Rings -- Pectoral Cross -- Crozier -- Pallium -- Mitre -- Metropolitan or Archiepiscopal Cross and the Processional Cross -- Guidelines of Vesture and Insignia -- PART FIVE. The Papacy -- A History of Papal Titles -- A Chronology of the Popes and Ecumenical Councils.

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