Posted on 03/05/2020 7:30:31 PM PST by marshmallow
The loan from the Vatican comes to honor the 850th anniversary of his martyrdom.
Canterbury Cathedral is preparing to celebrate the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket, one of England’s most revered medieval saints. To honor the occasion, the Vatican has agreed to loan Canterbury a holy relic of the patron saint of the city of London: the bloodied garment he was believed to have worn at the time of his murder.
The Guardian reports that the garment is a religious vestment known as a tunicle, an article of clothing similar in style to a dalmatic, which was worn by a priest over his alb when celebrating Mass. The relic is encased within a 17th-century glass reliquary, which will be on display from July 4 to August 3, 2020.
St. Thomas Becket’s priesthood was notable for his conflicts with English nobility over the Church’s supremacy. As with St. Thomas More, who clashed with King Henry VIII, St. Thomas Becket was at odds with King Henry II, who was at one time a close friend to the martyred saint.
In 1162, Becket was named Archbishop of Canterbury, at which point he became incredibly pious and began preaching against worldly gain. During an 1164 conference between the king and the country’s high clergy, St. Thomas was the only staunch objector who refused to sign the Constitutions of Clarendon, which would have limited the clerical authority of Rome in England. Afterward he was sent into exile on charges of contempt of royal authority and malfeasance in the Chancellor’s office.
He was allowed to return to England in 1170, but he had only been back for a few months before he clashed once more with the nobility. The soon-to-be martyr was upset that the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of......
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Cute name: tunicle
Tunic is, IIRC, the sub-deacon’s primary garment.
Traditionally a Bishop wore loads of stuff, but the Chausible is on top.
As he was, I believe, celebrating vespers, and doing so in the Sarum rite, I don’t really have a clue as to what precisely he would have been wearing in what order, and doubt very much that there has been anyone alive for the last 400 years who does.
I’d say the evidence points to the tunic, but whether it was the primary garment or not who knows—and likely nobody cares on FR, including me.
Though I may be wrong.
“...the arrival of the relic in Canterbury will coincide with the Lambeth Conference, a decennial assembly of bishops of the Anglican Communion convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury. This year’s theme of the conference will be, “God’s Church for God’s World: walking, listening and witnessing together.”
And endorsing abortion, gay marriage, transgenderism, and submission to sharia, no doubt... (sarc/off)
Turbulent times.
Or did they go commando during that period?
Or did they go commando during that period?
Church Times notes that the arrival of the relic in Canterbury will coincide with the Lambeth Conference, a decennial assembly of bishops of the Anglican Communion convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Ecumenism run amock.
Further, Becket was the kings most trusted friend at one time.
But it was truly a case of a man letting it all go to his head.
The result was a murder IN THE CHURCH no less. As far as that was concerned, it wasnt the last murder committed in a church/kirk..if you all get my drift.
Henry the 2nd was probably one of the better Kings of that country during the Plantagenet era. But the Becket murder was just a part of his problems. All his kids were the BIG problem. Especially John Lackland.
And they were warned about the monarchy in scripture. Maybe that is why Becket was the way he was.
When is the Anglican church going to give us our cathedral back? We built it.
Or did they go commando during that period?
Only the Scots.
I believe that the Mormons may have swiped the underwear.
FTA: It was at this time that King Henry II famously mused, “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” While the accuracy of the statement is argued by scholars, the message the king’s men took was that Thomas must die. On December 29, 1170, four knights entered Canterbury Cathedral and demanded that Becket go to Winchester for judgement, but when he refused they martyred him right in front of the altar.
Hmmm.... Just like the democrat Chuck Schumer making his wishes known.
You misspelled Pope.
Schumer paraphrased, will someone rid me of these meddlesome judges?
Ah, the handiwork of one of the Lurkin family ancestors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Tracy
“Canterbury Cathedral is preparing to celebrate the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket”
Celebrate seems a bit overboard. “Mark” yes, but celebrate?
So, if you’re not wearing it, you’re out of tunicle?...............
Haha
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