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NOVEMBER 24, 1956.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIVE
Coat Of Arms
BLAZON
Impaled. arms. Dexer: Argent,
three bars wavy azure, a crown
or, on the second bar a Cherokee
Rose proper. Sinister: Cable and
azure, a cross argent, in the first
and fourth quarters a wolf’s head
erased and in the second and
third quarters a fleur-de-lis, all
of. the last. Motto: “Ad Jesum Per
Mariam.”
SIGNIFICANCE
The entire “achievement” or
coat of arms, as it is generally
called, is composed of the shield
with its charges, the motto and
the external ornaments. As one
looks at the shield the terms dex
ter and sinister must be under
stood contrariwise, as the shield
was worn on the arm in medieval
days and these terms were used
in the relationship of one behind
the escutcheon.
The dexter impalement is given
in ecclesiastical heraldry to the
arms of jurisdiction; in this in
stance, the arms of Diocese of At
lanta.
Atlanta, called the “Cross Roads
of the South” because of all the
railroads which meet at this
Capital city of the State of Geor
gia, received its name as the east
ern terminus of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad which connected
northern Georgia with the Ten
nessee River. Originally called
Whitehall, then Terminus, and
afterwards in 1843 Marthasville,
the legislature of Georgia finally
acquiesced to the wishes of the
railroad and accepted the new
name of Atlanta in 1874, thus
naming the city indirectly after
■ the Atlantic Ocean.
The Atlantic Ocean is repre
sented on the shield of the diocese
by silver and blue wavy bars, the
heraldic equivalent of the waves
of the sea; seven bars in number
to symbolize the seven streams
of Grace, the Seven Sacraments
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Over all the golden crown of
Christ the King denotes the titular
of the cathedral church. The
crown honors the triple kingship
of Christ: “Potestas Legislativa,
Potestas Magisterii et Potestas
Ministerii”—Christ the Legislator,
Christ the Teacher and Christ
the High Priest. The crown is en-
signed by the Cherokee Rose, the
State flower of Georgia (Rosa
Laevigata), as befits a diocese
located in the Capital city. The
Cherokee Rose is a flat white
flower with a yellow center.
The crown of Christ the King
in the arms of the Diocese of
Atlanta also has the secondary
representation of the crown of
King George II of England after
who Georgia was named. The
blue and silver wavy bands may
be also said to symbolize the
wavy, rolling foothills of the Blue
Ridge country; but, more impor
tant, blue and white are the Mari
an colors.
The sinister impalement bears
the .personal coat of arms of the
Ordinary of the Diocese of At
lanta, His Excellency, Bishop Hy
land.
The coat of arms is based on
“faolan,” the Gaelic derivation of
Hyland. “Faolan” is the diminu
tive of “faol” which means “wolf.”
The name was common in the
sixteenth century in Offaly and
Leix, whence it spread into other
parts of Ireland. Hyland is the
usual form of the, name in Leins
ter.
Consequently, a wolf’s head
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D. D., J. C. D.. Bishop of Atlanta, is shown entering the Cathedral
of Christ-the-King prior to his installation as first Bishop of At
lanta. With the Bishop are Monsignor Andrew J. McDonald and
Monsignor Cornelius L. Maloney.—(Lane Bros, photo).
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