3/14/2021
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| del Pellicciaio "Coronation" |
Nullo describes in greater detail these three aspects of safe-keeping the MBS (tabernacle, custody, key) in each of the next three paragraphs respectively.
Nullo 4 concerns the tabernacle, especially its immovability and thorough closure. “Completely safe locking” is the main point of the construction of the tabernacle of whatever appropriate solid material. This includes the hinge mechanism. It cites an iron safe model as exemplary and particularly effective against the instruments ordinarily used by thieves. It urges the construction of the tabernacle that allows for an artistic finishing. The paragraph then emphasizes the praiseworthiness of the intention to observe these laws on the tabernacle construction by citing its own previous response to a priest from Milwaukee. Its 1908 response to the question of the approval of a certain construction of a tabernacle characterized the priest’s purpose as “laudable,” deferring the judgement of the effectiveness of the particular tabernacle’s construction to the local ordinary.
Nullo 4 next cites a similar response to another diocese, Superior, on the question of the particular construction of another certain type of hinge-less tabernacle that used an encased semi-circular door rotating on ball-bearings. SRC’s response was without objection to the type of construction and deference to the local bishop’s judgment in the rest of the matters pertaining to the question.
