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New Papal tiara

The New Liturgical Movement has this piece about the presentationto the Pope of a new tiara

Just 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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Fr Blake has also commented about it here

Both posts have attracted anumber of comments - including one frommy self

I cannot understand why any one would not want the Pope to becrowned with the tiara and wear it on appropriate occasions

The origins of the tiara are complex and may once have representedtemporal authority under the By zantine Emperor By the time itbecame the tiara we recognise it had been spiritualised as a sy mbol ofthe Papal monarchy governing the Church As in medievalrepresentions God the Father is often represented wearing the tiara itis a reminder that the Papal power is delegated from God and as withthe decree on Papal Infallibility refers to that power inherent in theChurch itself The Pope wears the tiara on behalf of the whole Churchand exercises authority on behalf of the whole Church over theChurch as Gods v icar Coronation points out the limitations andresponsibilities of the monarchical office spiritual or secular - it wasabsolutist monarchies that tended to dispense with or downgradecoronations Pope Paul VI may have set aside his tiara but in respectof the liturgy at least he acted in an absolutist manner

I think this is a very handsome gift and we must hope the Pope or atsome distant date in the future his successor takes the hint Whetherthey will is of course an unknowable matterat the moment

This story reminds me of a plan I had a while ago which was topublish some posts about the history of the tiara and the exampleswhich exist in the Vatican and elsewhere Once I can find some moretime I will do so

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davidforster said

My two thoughts when I saw this picture were

1 Speaking as a schoolmaster I would beware the grins on

those faces Ive seen those expressions on the faces of

naughty schoolboy s Those presenting the tiara are say ing

Go on I dare y ou That on the face of His Holiness is

say ing Id rather like to can I get away with it

2 Its interesting that this tiara was presented by a mixed

Catholic and Orthodox group This seems to be a very

strong message from the Orthodox involved We may well

be ready to accept y our primacy and heal the Great

schism But y ouve got to behave like a pope That means

defending the faith And it means preserv ing and

respecting y our own Western traditions because if y ou

cant defend y our own we cant trust y ou with ours

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