tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post8504226825868564855..comments2024-02-14T14:53:03.810-07:00Comments on Καθολικός διάκονος: Hierarchy update: Consistory called for NovemberDeacon Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01385969740195992108noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-59066729044405943922010-10-20T11:59:20.476-06:002010-10-20T11:59:20.476-06:00This will never happen in our lifetime, but perhap...This will never happen in our lifetime, but perhaps it is time to re-think the whole college of cardinals thing. As far as I know, it is a second millenium practice, and seems rather unjust to have a Pope which claims a universal jurisdiction, and yet have the Eastern Chruches with little to no say on the matter.<br><br>Perhaps a return to the Holy Roman Emporer having influence in the decision ;-)<br><br>Or, we could go to a model in which the other patriarchates excercise a greater influence as they have a greater degree of jurisdiction.Dan Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-9919120237397646752010-10-20T18:15:22.419-06:002010-10-20T18:15:22.419-06:00Dan:The funny thing is that nobody really disputes...Dan:<br><br>The funny thing is that nobody really disputes, at least not seriously, the ecclesiological issues that you raise. However, it would be a bold reform, indeed, to include Eastern patriarchs in conclave on the basis of them being, well, patriarchs, especially the patriarchs of those churches for which there is no Orthodox equivalent (i.e., Maronite, Chaldean, Coptic, Armenian- the Copts and the Armenians, while legitimate churches are not Orthodox, or, strictly speaking, orthodox) as well as western patriarchs (i.e., Lisbon, Venice, the East Indies, but probably excluding the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem), in addition to Cardinals. <br><br>I favor dramatically reducing the number of curial cardinals and doing away with naming those prelates cardinals who head up the Orders of Malta and Holy Sepulchre. At least to my mind, both the curia and Sacred College could still do with being more internationalized, as it were. Latin America and Africa are grossly under-represented in both, while the gasping churches of Europe remain over-represented.Dcn Scott Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994604395739905637noreply@blogger.com