To: annalex; 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. Yes - as in the military. The "Chain Of Command" structure of the Military and the Catholic Church follow the same principles.
7,119 posted on
01/20/2011 9:20:46 AM PST by
OLD REGGIE
(I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
To: OLD REGGIE; Kolokotronis; metmom; count-your-change; kosta50; 1000 silverlings; Alex Murphy
as in the military Well, we are, after all, the Church Militant.
7,181 posted on
02/17/2011 6:13:10 PM PST by
annalex
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