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A History of Ecclesiastical Dress
Janet Mayo

Number of quotes: 5


Book ID: 6 Page: 11

Section: 1B,3B

Although the birth of the Christian religion occurred in a province within the Roman Empire, it was unheralded by any contemporary historian. Tacitus, writing at the beginning of the second century AD, made the famous remark that in Judaea ‘Under Tiberius all was quiet.{1}

Quote ID: 102

Time Periods: 2


Book ID: 6 Page: 11

Section: 1A,2E1

During the time of the persecution of Christians by Nero, distinctive clothes would have been positively dangerous. The persecution of the Christians began just as it was becoming clear that the Church would outlast the lives of the men who had known Jesus Christ in his lifetime, and the early Church had to blend into the Roman community to survive.

Quote ID: 103

Time Periods: 14


Book ID: 6 Page: 11

Section: 2E1

A consideration of ecclesiastical vestments will reveal that they had their origins in secular Roman dress. The view that vestments were of Levitical origin and came from Jewish priestly garments is a later idea.

Quote ID: 104

Time Periods: 4567


Book ID: 6 Page: 12

Section: 2E1

Clement, Bishop of Rome 90-100, represents St. Peter as saying ‘My dress is what you see, a tunic with a pallium.’ {3} This form of dress would have been worn in Judaea, as elsewhere throughout the Empire, by the middle and upper classes. The labouring classes and the poor had different styles of costume according to region, type of work and income, but these have little bearing on the early development of ecclesiastical dress.

Quote ID: 105

Time Periods: 1


Book ID: 6 Page: 179

Section: 3B

Chapter l, pp. 11-12 {1} ‘Sub Tiberio quies’, Tacitus, histories v:9, Philo does not mention the Crucifixion in his critical analysis of the career of Pontius Pilate which he wrote not much later than AD 41.

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Quote ID: 106

Time Periods: 1



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