To: annalex; Kolokotronis; metmom; count-your-change; kosta50; 1000 silverlings; Alex Murphy
Pope "owns" the Bishops in that he has sole authority to hire and fire them
Eh, no. A bishop is a bishop and remains a bishop till he dies, not unlike any royalty. Appointment and removal of bishops to dioceses is a complex and collegial process, which is not to the sole discretion of the Pope. He certainly cannot remove a bishop at will -- I wish he removed quite a few, in this country, by the way.
Bishop is not a job, -- bishops do not get hired or fired.
Appointment of Catholic bishops Despite the sham of a "... complex and collegial process" the Supreme Pontiff is the boss and only he can remove, "put on the shelf", and reassign Bishops.
6,920 posted on
01/08/2011 12:37:02 PM PST by
OLD REGGIE
(I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
To: OLD REGGIE; Kolokotronis; metmom; count-your-change; kosta50; 1000 silverlings; Alex Murphy
the Supreme Pontiff is the boss and only he can remove, "put on the shelf", and reassign Bishops I did not dispute that part. I simply want to point out that the Church does not operate as a top-down command structure, like a military. The governing principle is subsidiarity: the decisions are made at the lowest instance capable in principle of making the decision.
7,113 posted on
01/19/2011 6:29:45 PM PST by
annalex
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