The cassock-alb or cassalb is a relatively modern clerical garment. It combines the shape of the traditional
cassock
The cassock, or soutane, is a Christian clerical clothing, clerical coat used by the clergy and Consecrated life, male religious of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, in addition to some clergy in ...
with the color of the
alb
An Alb is a liturgical vestment.
ALB, Alb or alb may also refer to:
* Alb, Alpine transhumance in Allemannic German
Places
* Alb (Upper Rhine), a tributary of the Upper Rhine in northern Black Forest near Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
* Al ...
and the collar of the
amice
The amice is a liturgical vestment used mainly in the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic church, Western Orthodox church, Lutheranism , Lutheran church, and some Anglicanism , Anglican, Armenian Catholic , Armenian, and Polish National Catholic C ...
.
It developed as a convenient undergarment worn by clergy and as an alternative to the
alb
An Alb is a liturgical vestment.
ALB, Alb or alb may also refer to:
* Alb, Alpine transhumance in Allemannic German
Places
* Alb (Upper Rhine), a tributary of the Upper Rhine in northern Black Forest near Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
* Al ...
for
deacon
A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions.
Major Christian denominations, such as the Cathol ...
s and
acolyte
An acolyte is an assistant or follower assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession. In many Christian denominations, an acolyte is anyone performing ceremonial duties such as lighting altar candles. In others, the term is used f ...
s.
Usage
A white or off-white cassock-alb has replaced the traditional
cassock
The cassock, or soutane, is a Christian clerical clothing, clerical coat used by the clergy and Consecrated life, male religious of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, in addition to some clergy in ...
and
alb
An Alb is a liturgical vestment.
ALB, Alb or alb may also refer to:
* Alb, Alpine transhumance in Allemannic German
Places
* Alb (Upper Rhine), a tributary of the Upper Rhine in northern Black Forest near Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
* Al ...
in some
Anglican
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...
churches since the 1970s. This garment is not the same as the
chasuble-alb
An Alb is a liturgical vestment.
ALB, Alb or alb may also refer to:
*Alm (pasture), Alb, Alpine transhumance in Allemannic German
Places
*Alb (Upper Rhine), a tributary of the Upper Rhine in northern Black Forest near Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, ...
, which is approved for use in the
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
in certain circumstances.
See also
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Vestment
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References
Anglican vestments
Lutheran vestments
Roman Catholic vestments
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