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Istorum Iugurum sacerdotes habent talem habitum quocunque vadunt: semper sunt in tunicis croceis satis strictis accincti desuper recte sicut Franci: et habent pallium super humerum sinistrum descendens inuolutum per pectus et dorsum ad latus dextrum sicut diaconus portans casulam in quadragesima.

The iournal of frier William de Rubruquis a French man of the order of the minorite friers, vnto the East parts of the worlde. An. Dom. 1253. 2004

Istorum Iugurum sacerdotes habent talem habitum quocunque vadunt: semper sunt in tunicis croceis satis strictis accincti desuper recte sicut Franci: et habent pallium super humerum sinistrum descendens inuolutum per pectus et dorsum ad latus dextrum sicut diaconus portans casulam in quadragesima.

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Fourth Synod of Carthage (c. 398), "ut diaconus tempore oblationis tantum vel lectionis albâ utatur," may or may not refer to a vestment akin to our alb.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

Beginning with the fourth century this specialized activity of the diaconus episcopi takes on gradually the character of a juridical ecclesiastical office.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

Canon 77 of Elvira (about A.D. 300) speaks of a deacon in charge of the people (diaconus regens plebem).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

In this early period the duties of the diaconus episcopi were not juridically defined, but were performed under the direction of the bishop and for the time specified by him.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

Many branches of the ecclesiastical administration were arranged in accordance with the seven regions — especially the care of the poor, provision for the maintenance of the churches, and whatever else pertained primarily to the office of the deacons, one of whom was appointed over each of the seven regions (diaconus regionarius).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Peracta ista omnia absolvit diaconus dicens, Missa acta est.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Nevertheless it is indisputable, on the mind of the sixty-seventh canon of Elvira (“si quis diaconus gens plebem sine episcopo vel presbytero,” etc.), that there were churches in Spain which had not a bishop or even a presbyter, although we know as little about the number of such churches as about the conditions which prevented the appointment of a bishop or presbyter.

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

* Quid ergo, si episcopus, si diaconus, si vidua, si virgo, si doctor, si etiam martyr lapsus a regula fuerit?

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908