Alb

The alb (from the Latin albus, meaning "white") is one of the

liturgical vestments of Western Christianity. It is an ample white garment coming down to the ankles and is usually girdled with a cincture (a type of belt, sometimes of rope similar to the type used with a monastic habit, such as by Franciscans and Capuchins). It resembles the long, white linen tunic used by ancient Romans

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As a simple derivative of ordinary first-century clothing, the alb was adopted very early by Christians, and especially by the clergy for the Eucharistic liturgy. In early-medieval Europe secular clergy also normally wore the alb in non-liturgical contexts.^[1]

Nowadays, the alb is the common vestment for all

Anglo-Catholic movement^{[citation needed]} and in some very traditional Arab Catholic parishes.^[3]

The alb corresponds to the Eastern Orthodox sticharion.

Variants

A chasuble-alb is a contemporary Eucharistic vestment that combines features of the

Roman Catholic Church, it was first adopted in France, though without official approval. In France it is no longer fashionable, but it has been officially approved in some tropical countries such as the Philippines,^[4] and in Hawaii in the United States.^[5] It is always white in colour. A stole of the colour appointed for the Mass

of the day is worn outside it, in place of the normal white alb and coloured chasuble.

A cassock-alb is a vestment that combines features of the cassock and alb. It developed as a more convenient undergarment worn by clergy and as an alternative to the alb for deacons and acolytes.^{[citation needed]}

References

ISBN 0-300-06906-5

^ General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 336 https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20030317_ordinamento-messale_en.html#IV._SACRED_VESTMENTS

^ Maloof, Allen (1951). "Catholics of the Byzantine-Melkite Rite in the U.S.A." The Eastern Churches Quarterly. 9. Ramsgate, Kent: St. Augustine's Abbey: 263. Genuflections, lace albs and surplices, etc., are common.

^ Eternal Word Television Network, Global Catholic Network of January 25, 2003.

^ Bishop Larry Silva’s Liturgical Catechesis Archived 2009-01-08 at the Wayback Machine at the Hawaii Catholic Herald

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[1] ISBN 0-300-06906-5

[2] General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 336 https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20030317_ordinamento-messale_en.html#IV._SACRED_VESTMENTS

[3] Maloof, Allen (1951). "Catholics of the Byzantine-Melkite Rite in the U.S.A." The Eastern Churches Quarterly. 9. Ramsgate, Kent: St. Augustine's Abbey: 263. Genuflections, lace albs and surplices, etc., are common.

[4] Eternal Word Television Network, Global Catholic Network of January 25, 2003.

[5] Bishop Larry Silva’s Liturgical Catechesis Archived 2009-01-08 at the Wayback Machine at the Hawaii Catholic Herald

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