The claim that mitres are modeled on headgear worn in babylonian dagon worship is a pure fiction that was invented in a 19th-century
There is something very fishy going on...
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The claim that mitres are modeled on headgear worn in babylonian dagon worship is a pure fiction that was invented in a 19th-century
Do you know what this Pagan Dagon priest is doing? He’s sprinkling holy water with a hyssop branch. Does anyone else you know do that?
Q: I was wondering about what instrument may be used for the rite of blessing and sprinkling holy water. I have seen branches used as well as aspergillum. Is there any guidance on this? I have looked at the General Instruction of the Roman Missal but to no avail. — J.H., Coventry, England
A: There does not seem to be much in the way of precise norms regarding the making and use of an aspergillum or sprinkler.
Monsignor (now bishop) Peter Elliott in his ceremonial handbook gives the following good advice but without providing official references:
“The sprinkler may take the form of a brush or of a hollow perforated ball, perhaps containing a sponge. But the pocket size sprinkler conveniently used in pastoral situations does not seem appropriate for celebrations in a church.”
Some older guides, for the extraordinary form, also state that as well as the brush or hollow globe, “preferably, a sprig of hyssop or other shrub is used.”
