tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post7988073224688627003..comments2024-02-08T17:05:51.909+00:00Comments on Solomon, I Have Surpassed Thee: Relics of the ConsecrationMark Langhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05040760021187483441noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-43027558686279131672007-08-20T08:31:00.000+00:002007-08-20T08:31:00.000+00:00Are churches consecrated in this way today?Are churches consecrated in this way today?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-65482291569953206152007-08-20T06:30:00.000+00:002007-08-20T06:30:00.000+00:00I wondered myself about the strepitus, but former ...I wondered myself about the strepitus, but former choristers tell me that they used their office books to hit the choir stalls!<BR/><BR/>The fact that they were stored with the other items from the consecration implies, as many of you suggest, that they were related to that event; either to help form piles of ashes or to cement relics into altars (although I suspect something more elaborate woudl have been used).<BR/><BR/>Many thanks for your suggestions.Mark Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040760021187483441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-8251800684853227492007-08-20T02:57:00.000+00:002007-08-20T02:57:00.000+00:00Perhaps they were used to even out the ash? Or swe...Perhaps they were used to even out the ash? Or sweep it up afterwards?Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09356738924839809045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-42175654670520095022007-08-19T17:36:00.000+00:002007-08-19T17:36:00.000+00:00They vaguely remind me of American college fratern...They vaguely remind me of American college fraternity paddles. :-pJudge373https://www.blogger.com/profile/13749134457209322067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-71321915462651326942007-08-19T17:35:00.000+00:002007-08-19T17:35:00.000+00:00If indeed part of the apparatus of the consecratio...If indeed part of the apparatus of the consecration ceremony, the paddles may have been used to neatly form the piles of ashes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-74981930346759645292007-08-19T16:13:00.000+00:002007-08-19T16:13:00.000+00:00Is it too obvious to suggest that different dignat...Is it too obvious to suggest that different dignataries scooped ash from a container with them to form the small pile the Archbishop needed?Ttonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185875893212146794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-64661518816910375912007-08-19T12:31:00.000+00:002007-08-19T12:31:00.000+00:00The Dean of Lancaster wonders if the paddles were ...The Dean of Lancaster wonders if the paddles were used for cementing relics into the altars. There seem to be a few of them - perhaps one for each altar - do the numbers match?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-33854768871500015922007-08-19T10:57:00.000+00:002007-08-19T10:57:00.000+00:00My guess - and it's only a guess - is that the pad...My guess - and it's only a guess - is that the paddles are for use of the Choir in producing the strepitus (loud noise) at the tenebrae services during Holy Week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com