Re: Re: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches

@johnglas wrote:

prax: the illustration of S. Clemente illustrates my point perfectly – the choir (schola) is distinct from the altar area, but the cathedra-presbyterium (sic) is as I described it. Not all the occupants of the presbytery will have been directly involved in the ceremonial,

Praxiteles is at a loss to find a liturgical source to support this view which runs completely counter to the génie of the Roman Rite. You will not find it, for example, in the rubrics for the Liturgy as found in Ordines Romani I, VII, IX-X, and XV-XVII.

As Praxiteles has already mentioned the idea of clergy “gathering” around a bishop has NO liturgical significance or function at all. The only ministers to surround a bishop are those strictly required for the execution of a given rite and no more.