An Imposing Ceremony.
LN view of the fact that the, Coronation takes place towards the end of next month, the lollowing account of a ceremony which took place in times when England was a Catholic, country will be of interest : — ' Nowaday?,' wrote Cardinal Manning so ne years ago, ' we hear of coronations, but we hear no more of the consecration of kings. Put a coronation, even in the tradition of England, takes place in the old Abbey of Wi ptmin^ter, and with certain rites which remain, mutilated, indeed, but taken chiefly from the ancient Catholic ritual. I will shortly describe what the ancient ritual was. The prince who was to be enumerated for three days before fanted as a preparation. On the day of his consecration he came to the sanctuary of the church, where the Metropolitan and his Suffragans received him. lie then, first upon his knees before the altar, made solemn oath to Almighty God to observe, and cause to be observed, according to his knowkdge and his power, for the sake of the Church and his pope, law. justice, and peace, according to the laws of the land and the canons of the Chinch. He then lay prostrate before the altar like a bishop when he in consf crated ; the litanies were chanted, the same litanies which are sung in oar solemn ordinations. I hen, kneeling before the altar, he received the unction. He was anointed on the right arm, which is the arm of s'rength, and on the shoulder, typical of royal power ; as in the prophecy, ''The Government is upon his shoulder." He then receive 1 the sword with this admonition : " Remember that the saints conquered kingdoms, not by the sword but by faith." After this the ctown was put upon his heael, with the prayer that he might wear it m mercy and in justice; anl the sceptre was then placed m hi- hands in token of the auth^ri yof law. After that, the Holy M iss was celebrated, and in that M i<-s he received the Holy Communion of the Precious Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, from the hands of the consecrating bishop. These solemn acts in themselves portrayed what were the relations of Christian law and fi lelity between the chief rulers of nations and of kingdoms, and the hjveieigtity of Je^us Christ.'
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 19, 8 May 1902, Page 20
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691An Imposing Ceremony. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 19, 8 May 1902, Page 20
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