Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism . Figure 169. Figure 170. Figure 170 is a copy of an ancient pallium, worn bypapal ecclesiastics three or four centuries ago. It is the oldEgyptian symbol described above. Its common name iscrux ansata, or the cross with a handle. 104 Figure 171 is the albe worn by Roman and otherecclesiastics when officiating at mass, etc. It is simply. FiLUue 171. a copy of the chemise ordinarily worn by women as an undergarment. Figure 172 represents the chasuble worn by papal hier-archs. It is copied from Pugins Glossaryy etc. Its form isthat of the vesica pisci
Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism . Figure 169. Figure 170. Figure 170 is a copy of an ancient pallium, worn bypapal ecclesiastics three or four centuries ago. It is the oldEgyptian symbol described above. Its common name iscrux ansata, or the cross with a handle. 104 Figure 171 is the albe worn by Roman and otherecclesiastics when officiating at mass, etc. It is simply. FiLUue 171. a copy of the chemise ordinarily worn by women as an undergarment. Figure 172 represents the chasuble worn by papal hier-archs. It is copied from Pugins Glossaryy etc. Its form isthat of the vesica piscis, one of the most common emblemsof the yoni. It is adorned by the triad. When worn bythe priest, he forms the male element, and with the vhasublecompletes the sacred four. When worshipping the ancientgoddesses, whom Mary has displaced, the officiating ministersclothed themselves iu feminine attire. Hence the use of thechemise, etc. Even the tonsured head, adopted ^om thepriests of the Egyptian Isis, represents * V anneau; . o thaton head, shoulders, breast and body, we may see on ChriL^anpriests the ilics of the worship of Venas, and the adorationof woman 1 .ow horrible all this would sound if, instead ofusing veiled language, we had employed vulgar words. The 105 idea of a man adorning himself, when ministering before Godand the people, with the effigies of those parts wh
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