Bishops Jim Heiser and Matt the Fatt Display Their Roman Glam Gowns

 This C. H. Almy cope costs $2531.

 

The bishop in the Philippines. Where are all the Finland photos?

The late Randy DeJaynes - Lutheran Church in America - made himself a bishop and created the Lutheran Confessional Synod. The ELS and WELS joined in fellowship with the LCS. Heiser began his Repristination Press there, which morphed into ELDONA after he took his LCMS parish - Salem, now Salem Cathedral, Malone, Texas - out of that synod.

Matt the Fatt wore the superfluous cope or chasable in Europe. No crosier or miter so far. His cassock was probably $371.

Like Stephan and DeJaynes, Heiser (on the far right) made himself a bishop. Here he has an alb, stole, pectoral cross, and ill-fitting cope. On the left is a chasuble costing about $700 for each of the colors in the church calendar, which now include sky blue and rosy pink.

Heiser wore a bishop's miter for his enthronement and carried a crosier.

An Almy miter costs $700, but various colors are needed to match the paraments and associates' stoles.

 

Heiser modeled the Almy Roman bishop's cassock and sash with a pectoral cross. The first two items cost $450 total. Long beards, like hay bales, seem to be spiritually significant, but scholars remain divided about their true purpose.