Theological Theses · §1386 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Received practice: salute, kiss, kneel, offer incense and lights; set images on altars; process, vow, gift, and pilgrimage to them

Beyond Council-approved kiss and kneel come altar-placement, rich adornment, street processions, vows, offerings, and pilgrimages to images.

Latin

XVII. Talis est non solum consuetudo imagines Christi & Sanctorum salutandi, osculandi, & genu coram eis flectendi, ac etiam suffitus & luminaria ipsis offerendi, quae, ut modo vidimus, expresse probant Ecclesiae Romanae Concilia; sed praeterea mos ille receptus, quo imagines super altaribus locantur, vestibus & monilibus pretiosis ornantur, solenni pompa per vias publicas circumferuntur, vota eis nuncupantur, donaria consecrantur, & religiosae peregrinationes ad eas suscipiuntur.

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