...inconvenient way of giving a necessary direction could hardly be imagined. The 1549 book was more definite : At the time appointed for the ministration of the...to say, a white Alb plain, with a Vestment or Cope. The direction given in 1552 was also quite clear : The Minister at the time of the Communion, and at...

...the same Prayer Book) at the beginning of the Communion service, contained the following direction : Upon the day and at the time appointed for the ministration...appointed for that ministration, that is to say : a white albe plain, with a vestment or cope. And where there be many Priests or Deacons, there so many dull...

...Albs, vestments (presumably chasubles) and copes were forbidden. The 1549 instruction had run ". . . the Priest that shall execute the holy ministry shall...say: a white Alb plain, with a vestment or cope," thus keeping the old custom.7 A more serious change in the 1552 Book is its treatment of the offering....

...that case ought to admit the penitent person to the holy Communion, and not him that is obstinate. ^ Upon the day, and at the time appointed for the ministration...holy Communion, the Priest that shall execute the holy3 ministry, shall put upon him the vesture appointed for that ministration, that is to say : a...

...cope or vestment, and also his pastoral staff in his hand, or else borne or holden by his chaplain. Upon the day and at the time appointed for the ministration of the Holy Communion, the priest thnt shall execute the holy ministry shall put upon him the vesture appointed for that ministration...