Vesting as Deacon-Cincture, Stole, and Dalmatic

[vichenry]

Thank you for this useful information. Just an FYI, the words "Vesting Deacon" hides part of your hands as they tie the initial knot making it somewhat difficult to see the process. Again thank you and God bless you Deacon.

[Narae]

When did stoles become a part of the vestments? And was this style of the stole the same as it was in the 1800s?

[DWHarcourt]

I think this is actually called a Roman girdle and not a cincture. Priests use it so that they can secure both ends of their stole in the loops. Their stole of course hangs in the front and not on the side as a deacon's. I have never seen a deacon wear it this way as their stole is on the side and is secured by being over the shoulder and under the arm. If they wanted to secure their stole in the same manner it would make more sense to have the loop on the side and not in the front. We have been taught in the seminary to secure the cincture on the side with a larks head knot with one knot hanging slightly lower than the other.