The mass and vestments of the Catholic church, liturgical, doctrinal, historical and archaeological . was: (1) That the Gothic chasuble was improperand must be discontinued. (2) That all chasubles must conform to theRoman pattern. This verdict was given in 1859, and it was notrecorded till 1888. Meanwhile, in 1863, CardinalPatrizi, the Prefect of the Congregation, on in-formation that the decision was unacceptable tomany bishops, because the Gothic chasuble hadbeen a favorite vestment for many centuries,sent a letter to the Cardinal archbishop ofMechlin in which the verdict of 1859 was held in


The mass and vestments of the Catholic church, liturgical, doctrinal, historical and archaeological . was: (1) That the Gothic chasuble was improperand must be discontinued. (2) That all chasubles must conform to theRoman pattern. This verdict was given in 1859, and it was notrecorded till 1888. Meanwhile, in 1863, CardinalPatrizi, the Prefect of the Congregation, on in-formation that the decision was unacceptable tomany bishops, because the Gothic chasuble hadbeen a favorite vestment for many centuries,sent a letter to the Cardinal archbishop ofMechlin in which the verdict of 1859 was held inabeyance, and the bishops were invited to com-municate to Rome the reasons for the introductionof the Gothic chasuble in their respective the matter rests. The reasons were notforthcoming, and according to Vander Stappen, 476 The Mass and Vestment? whilst the decision of Corazza fixes the norma ofthe chasuble, it is not definitive, and the way isstill open for perhaps a favorable sentence for theGothic type according to the Borromean andGavantus pattern still worn in many CHASUBLE OfST. CHARLES B JRROMEO CHASUBLR OF GAVANTUS By a decree of August 23, 1889, prescribingthe form of chasuble to be worn by missionariesof the Latin rite in the East, the Gothic chasublewas interdicted, which is interpreted as applicableonly to the ample chasuble of the Greeks. WJiy are Folded Chasubles Rather thanDalmatics Worn by Deacon and Sub-deacon inPenitential. Seasons ? (a) Because the dalmatic was regarded fromthe earliest age as a festal garment, and, therefore,unsuited for a function in which the note ofpenance predominated. (6) The dalmatic originated in the middle ofthe fourth century and was localized at Rome. The Chasuble 477 It had reached Milan and Aries in the fifth cen-tury and the Universal Church only in the would leave a wide margin of antiquity de-void of it. Its place in those years was filled bythe chasuble worn alike by all ranks of thecler


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