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A63356 A true and exact account of all the ceremonies observed by the Church of Rome at the opening, during the progress, and at the conclusion of the next approaching Jubilee in the year 1700 / taken and translated into English from the Latin original. Catholic Church. 1699 (1699) Wing T2428; ESTC R25679 8,804 1

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In this Posture the Grand Penitentiary presents to him a Silver Trowel guilt wherewith he takes up three several times some Mortar out of a Basket carried by the Master of the Ceremonies which Mortar he spreads and Plaisters all along the lower part upon the Threshold of the Holy Gate according to the Vision of the Prophet Amos which saw the Lord with a Masons Trowel in his hands The Threshold being thus covered all over with the Mortar the Pope throws upon it both to the right and the left as well as in the middle several Medals of Gold and Silver representing the Triumphant Jerusalem The Walls of which are described Apocal c. 21. to be built of Precious Stones The Pope after this covers the Mortar and Medals with three Square Stones and whilst he is busie in performing this Function says with a low but intilligible Voice these following words In fide virtute Jesu Christi Dei vivi qui Apostolorum Principi dixit Tu es Petrus per hanc Petram edificabo Exclesiam meam ca●●●amas lapidem primarium ad Claudendam ad buc portam sanctam ipso tantum modo Jubilei anno referandam In nomine Patris c. In the Faith and by the Authority of Jesus Christ the only Son of the living God who did say to the Chief of the Apostles thou beest Peter and up in this Rock I will found my Church we lay this last Stone towards the closing of the Holy Gate which is not to be opened again till the next Jubilee In the Name of God the Father c. After the Pope has fastned these three Square Stones with Mortar and the Master Mason has drawn his Line the Grand Penetentiary with a Trowel in his hand lays likewise a Stone upon those laid before by the Pope being assisted by the other Penitentiaries there present to convince the World that they are the Popes Co-adjutors in the Administration of the Sacrament of Penitence For each of them in his due order lays hand to the Work under the direction of his Holiness and raise the Wall which is to close up the Holy Gate to a considerable height whilst the Chorus Sings the Hymn Coelestis urbs Jerusalem c. Which being ended the Sovereign Pontife washes his hands and says these following words V. Salvum fac populum tuum Domine V. Lord save the People R. Et benedic haereditati tua R. And bless thy inheritance V. Fiat misericordia tua Domine super nos V. Let thy Mercy appear unto us R. Quem admodum speravimus in te R. According as we have put our hoped in thee V. Mitte nobis Domine auxilium de Sancto V. Lord send us thy help from thy Sanctuary R. Et de Sion tuerenos R. And defend us from Sion V. Domine exaudi orationem meam V. O Lord hear my Prayer R. Et clamor meus ad te veniat R. And let my cry reach thy Ears V. Dominus vobiscum V. The Lord be with you R. Et cum spiritu tuo R. And with the Holy Spirit OREMUS Deus qui in omni loco dominationis tua clemens benignus existi exaudi nos quae sumus praesta ut inviolabilis per maneat hujus loci sanctificatio beneficia tui muneris in hoc Jubileo Anno Vniversitas fidelium impetresse litetur Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum c. Let us Pray Great God who at all times and at all places gives us innumerable Proofs of thy Mercy and Goodness hearken unto our Prayers and grant that this Place may always be Sanctified before thee and that all faithful Christians may rejoyce in having been partakers of thy Mercies in this Jubilee Thro' our Lord Jesus Christ c. This Prayer being ended the Holy Father sets himself upon the Throne and whilst twelve Bricklars to wit Six on the Right and as many on the Left hand are busie in closing up and raising the Wall to the top of the Holy Gate the Chorus Sings Lauda Jerusalem Dominum Laetatus sum in his c. and other such like Psalms The Wall being finished by the Masons the High Pontife concludes the whole Ceremony by imparting his Benediction with a Plenary Indulgence of the Jubilee to all there present who are not sparing on their side in their Acclamations of Joy and making ten thousand Vows for the Prosperity and Preservation of His Holiness Which being done the Te Deum is Sung for a Thanksgiving for the many Mercies received by the People in this Jubilee who thus well satisfyed and fill'd with Spiritual Joy return to their respective homes as the Holy Father retreats to the Apostolick Pallace FINIS LONDON Printed by D. Edwards in Fetter-Lans 1699. Price two pence
Et cum Spiritu tuo R. And with the Spirit Let us Pray O Lord who by thy Servant Moses didst institute among the Children of Israel the Jubilee and year of Remission grant thro' thy Goodness to us who have the honour to be called thy Servants to commence happily this present Jubilee ordained by thy Authority and in which it has been thy will to set open to thy People in a most solemn manner this Gate thro' which to enter into thy Temple to Offer their Prayers in the presence of thy Divine Majesty that thereby having obtained plenary and absolute Remission of all our Sins we may at the day of our departure out of this World be conducted through thy Mercy to the enjoyment of the Heavenly Glory Through Jesus Christ Amen This Prayer being ended a Cross is given into the Popes hand who kneeling down in the Holy Gate Sings the Te Deum Laudamus c. And afterwards as he is entring thro' the Gate the Chorus go on singing Te Dominum He is no sooner entred thro' the Gate into the Body of the Church but the Chair-men Cloathed in Red attending for that purpose take him up in a Chair and carry him streight-ways to the Great Altar of the Church of St. Peter where being set down he arises out of the Chair and after some time spent in Prayers before the Holy Sacrament he mounts a Throne erected on purpose for this use and begins the Vespers which according to custom are Sung for the Feast of the Nativity of our Saviour On the same day and at the same hour His Holiness deputes three Cardinal Legats to go and open the other Holy Gates of the Churches to wit That of St. Paul that of St John de Lateran and of St. Maria Majori which is performed with the same Ceremonies and Prayers as has been mentioned just now This Choice falls commonly upon two Arch-Bishops and the Dean who go from thence with a most Magnificent Cavalcade to perform this Function which is like a Proclamation to all the Christian World That the Treasure of the Church is set open and distinguishes the true Catholicks from the Hereticks and Jews It must be confess'd that the first Origin as well as the true Creation which gave birth to this solemn Ceremony is some what obscure but out of the Bull of Pope Alexander VI. which begins Inter Curas c. it is evident that the same has been practised for many Ages pass'd in the Church and which has been mentioned by St. Anthony in his Chronicle as a very Antient Ceremony Some derive this opening of the Holy Gate from a Custom practised in the primitive Church where those who had incurred the Censure of the Church by reason of some Enormous Crimes and Scandals were enjoyned to perform certain publick Penances and were excluded from the entrance of the Church on Shrove-Tuesday by shutting the doors upon them but on the Holy-Thursday after a General Absolution given to all the penitent Sinners there by opening of the Gates readmitted and received into the Bosom of the Church if they had accomplished the enjoyned penance if not the door was shut against them again till the next following year and sometimes for their whole life-time The Church Oyle therefore having from Antient Times been the place assigned to those who underwent the Church Penance during the time of the Chuch Office this has introduced the Custom of opening the Holy Gate at the beginning of the Jubilee But there being four several Churches which each have a Holy Gate this has occasioned some dispute which of them ought to have the precedency in the performance of this Ceremony The Church of St. John de Leteran is both the first in Rank and enjoys some prerogatives before all the other Churches in the City of Rome as appears by the Constitutions of Pope Gregory XI and Pope Pius V. However when any of these Pontifical Functions which have a more strict Relation to the Popes Authority Dignity and Majesty are to be performed with the utmost Splendor such as the Canonization of Saints the Coronations and Benedictions of Kings the Church of St. Peter has always had the preference given her before all the rest And it is upon the same score that this Church claims the preference in this most just Ceremony both as to the time and other Circumstances The Holy Gate of St. Peter's Church being the first that is opened by the Popes own hands It has also been call'd in question by some whether any other Person besides the Pope himself has any Authority to open the Holy Gate where it is to be observed that in Case the Jubilee has already been published before by the deceased Pope and the Cardinals are not entred into the Conclave in order to proceed to the Election of a new Pope it belongs to the Cardinal d' Ostia Dean of the Church to open the first Holy Gate in the Popes stead as then their Cardinals represent the Popes Person when they open the Holy Gates of the other three Churches The reason is that because this Ceremony is not Essential but only an accidental Part of the Jubilee which might be Celebrated without it the same is not thought fit to be omitted for fear of giving scandal to some who might perhaps look upon the Jubilee as imperfect without it But many are of opinion that if thee Jubilee be not promulgated before the Death of the Sovereign Pontife the same cannot be published and consequently the Holy Gate is not to be opened The Authority of giving plenary Indulgence to the whole Church belonging only to the Pope and the General Councils However it is to be observed that this Jubilee being established every XXV Years by many preceding Popes especially by Paul II. Sixtus IV. Alexander VI. Julius III. Gregory XIII and Clement VIII this plenary Indulgence I say being so often published confirmed approved and renewed by their Authority there is no question but that the Cardinals in Case of a vacancy of the Chair may supply the Popes place and consequently also open the Holy Gate and the Dean of the Church may send his circular Matters throughout Christendom to notify that the Jubilee Established and Confirmed by the Authority of so many preceding Popes being near at hand they ought to pepare themselves to receive the Benefit of it and to invite them to undertake this Holy Pilgrimage this being not to be accounted a new grant of Indulgences but only a publication of what was granted before by a Legal Authority Thus Pope Julius III. in his constitution si Pastores c. declares that without any further publication the Jubilee begins with the Feast of the Nativity of Christ in the Holy Year And whereas his Exaltation to the Papal Dignity did not happen till after Advent in the Year 1549 when the Holy Year was actually begun he published a Bull dated the 23 day of February 1650 in the