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Maniple (vestment)

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The maniple is a liturgical vestment used primarily within the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, and occasionally used by some Anglo-Catholic and Lutheran clergy. It is an embroidered band of silk or similar fabric that when worn hangs from the left arm. It is only used within the context of the Mass, and it is of the same liturgical colour as the other Mass vestments. In its 1967 instruction, Tres Abhinc Annos, the Roman Catholic Church's Sacred Congregation of Rites effectively removed the obligation to use the maniple during the liturgy. The document states:

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The maniple is a liturgical vestment used primarily within the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, and occasionally used by some Anglo-Catholic and Lutheran clergy. It is an embroidered band of silk or similar fabric that when worn hangs from the left arm. It is only used within the context of the Mass, and it is of the same liturgical colour as the other Mass vestments. In its 1967 instruction, Tres Abhinc Annos, the Roman Catholic Church's Sacred Congregation of Rites effectively removed the obligation to use the maniple during the liturgy. The document states: "The maniple is no longer required" After this Instruction, the vestment fell out of liturgical use. Some claim that the use of the maniple in the Roman Rite (even in the liturgy as revised under Pope Paul VI) has never been formally abolished or suppressed by the Catholic Church. Priest and blogger, Rev. John Zuhlsdorf ), for example, cites comments made by Fr. Mauro Gagliardi, consultor to the Vatican's Office of Pontifical Ceremonies, who said during a ZENIT interview: "The maniple is an article of liturgical dress used in the celebration of the extraordinary form of the Holy Mass of the Roman Rite. It fell into disuse in the years of the post-conciliar reform, even though it was never abrogated." This interpretation hinges on the fact that the Sacred Congregation of Rites only declared above that the vestment was no longer required for the celebration of Mass, rather than saying its use was suppressed. Arguing against this view is the fact that after the SCR's Instruction the maniple -- even as an optional vestment -- was completely omitted from subsequent editions of the Catholic Church's Roman Missal, the book used by priests to celebrate Mass. This is an interesting omission given that another vestment whose use is also no longer required, viz. the amice, is still specifically mentioned (see GIRM, no. 119). Further, this interpretation is challenged by Rev. Edward McNamara, a Professor of Liturgy at Regina Apostolorum University as well as writer for the same ZENIT News Service. Responding to a question about using the maniple during the revised Mass, McNamara writes: "Another reader asked about some vestments no longer in use: I noticed one who had offered the new rite but wore the maniple. . . . The rationale was that the maniple had not been suppressed, but simply that it was no longer required. I do not think that the rationale justifying the use of the maniple . . . is correct. It is not necessary for the Holy See to issue a decree abolishing every single detail. When . . . the legislator lists the vestments to be worn, then logically any further additions no longer correspond to the norms." The maniple is, of course, still required for the celebration of the 1962 Missale Romanum in accordance with the 2007 motu proprio Summorum Pontificum.