PS: If a moderator can correct the caption of this thread, it might be helpful. (I suspect it should be "Washing hands instead of feet on Holy Thursday?")
in England the custom of having royalty wash the feet of selected men existed in the Tudor period. I'm still trying to figure out if it was conducted with the aid of the Church, inside the Church, outside the Church building or something else.
“Washington of ha da instradare of fertile in Holy Thursday?"
Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head
That rite consists of washing men’s feet “in persona apostles”.
The rubrics used to specifically refer to “viri” (men). The recent change is an innovation and not how the rite was received after a millennia of clear tradition.The recent change in rubrics indicates that the feet of anyone may be washed, not just men.
It was its own ritual long before that, and used in many different contexts that were not limited to clerics washing men's feet.
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