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priate to his duties and functions , are exclusively used in his own court . His robes are the same as those of a bishop in pontificals
( excepting the stole and the colour , which is white , not purple ) . His vestments , when he officiates in church , as well as his mitre , do not differ from those of other
prelates . The tiara seems originally to have been an ordinary mitre , such as is still worn by the Greek Patriarchs . The three circlets , which have raised it into a triple crown , were added at different
periods , and it is said , foF different mystic reasons . The first or lowest seems to have been origtnaHy a mere border , gradually enriched with gold and diamonds . The second was the invention of
Boniface VIII . about the year 1300 ; and to complete the mysterious decoration , the third was superadded about the middle of the fourteenth century . The use of the tiara is confined to certain
extraordinary occasions , as in most great ceremonies the Pope uses the common episcopal mitre . Whenever he appears in public , or is approached even in private , bis person is encircled with
reverence ami with majesty . In public , a large silver ' cross raised on high is carried before him , as a sacred ta&ner , the church belts ring as ta passes , and all kneel in his sight . When he officiates at the
patriarchal Basilicas he is carried f rom his apartments in the ad ' - J&ifting palace to the church in a cnair of state , though in the chance * his throne is merely an ancient episcopal chair , raised only a few s * eps above the seats of the
cartfiftak or clergy . In private , as f pontifical palaces a ' v 6 vast an 4 0 M * M * ccnt f there a / e perhaps
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more apartments to be traversed , and greater appearances of splendour in the approach to his per . son , than in an introduction to any other sovereign . In his
antichamber , a prelate in full robes is always in waiting , and when the bell rings , the door of the pontifical apartment opens , and the Pope is seen in a chair of state with a little table before him .
The person presented kneels once at the threshold , again in the middle of the room , and lastly , at the feet of the Pontiff , who , according to circumstances , allows him to kiss the cross embroidered
on his shoes , or presents his hand to raise him . The Pontiff then con . verses with him a short time , and dismisses him with some slight
present of beads , or medals , as a memorial . The ceremony of ge . nu . flection is again repeated * and the doors close . *
* Some Protestants have objected to this ceremQny * whicfe ^ after an . is onW a mark of respect formerly paid 1 to every Mshop , ^ and still ke , pt tip in 3 . court . tenacious of its ancient observances . It is said % that Horace \ Valpole ^ when presented to Benedict XJv . stood for .
some time in a posture of hesitation ^ when the Foge * iffhq was ren ^ l ^ apljp fbr cheerfulness and humoyr , exclaimed 44 Kneel down % my son , receive the 7 ) lfis $ i 7 ig of an old man ^ t # will do you , no hcurm < / Upon which the youjig traveller instantly fell on his kn $ es and wa £ so much jxleased with the ^ conversation an < J liveliness of Benedict , that he tpofc everv : occasion of waiting ; upon Wrp , a *> q t . ^ fj- , tiding his respect daring his s . t ^ v a , t Rome . In truti ^ . ? n ^ lp ^ gentlen ^ n . have always becrt ^ recaveq W A 9 , Fopc ^ with peculiar ^ jta 4 nc $ * ai ^ 5 99 ^ dtescensron ^ ^ Wfer y v ^ lf ^ f ^ to shewn to t ^ eir op ^ OTs ^ gr , a ^ tp q Romans must U ^ r ^ ^ « c ^ ^ iyc pre > , judices ^ an ^ eyej ^ to t ^ cr ^^ d ^ o ^ s ., f Ftcury , MkujH cftps g ^ titfos . ftK * K ; ad frncra .
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Account of the Court and Pope of Rome . 697
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1813, page 697, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2434/page/5/
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