Tuesday, July 31, 2007

The Power and Authority of the Early Popes

A Catholic Convert that has the The God Fearin' Forum blog has a excellent post on this subject. It is a good introduction to the subject. There is a article he mentions I plan to go into a great deal more. That is a very informative piece called >"Why Doesn't the Pope Do Something About 'Bad' Bishops?" from This Rock magazine.

I intend to hit that issue of Bishops from a more postive standpoint. I think we Catholics need to a refresher course on Bishop and the holy office and divine mandatethat it is. It is tempting for us very Orthodox Catholics to just focus on the Bishop of Rome. During the last 30 years like the Christians during the Arian crisis some had no choice. The Bishop is more than the CEO or business manager of a Diocese. When I look at diocese that have no shortage of vocations the key seems to be the Bishop. It is not the Bishop "business expertise" or mangerial skill that is causing such abundance of people open to God's call. Often I find that the Holiness and the Spirtuality of the Bishop himself spreads to his Diocese. More later on this topic.

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