tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994073177496022401.post1329154857316957673..comments2024-03-27T15:00:33.760+00:00Comments on Catholic Commentary: The language of communion or the language of dissent?: a second essay in styleJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339499088443959192noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994073177496022401.post-46090178149908099042012-01-06T00:27:23.931+00:002012-01-06T00:27:23.931+00:00As ever- spot on! While there are some odd bishops...As ever- spot on! While there are some odd bishops (a couple of strange cases have emerged in North America, recently) it is dispiriting to find Catholic bloggers who seem to constantly find fault with our bishops. That a bishop might err occasionally and to the extent that the error might merit comment is one thing but repeated criticism begins to suggest an animus -an unwillingness to put a good construction upon episcopal utterances. There is an interesting passage in, I think, one of St Gregory the great's pastoral epistles which suggests some of the difficulty experienced by a bishop in communicating with "worldly men" and which those inclined to "bash bishops" would do well to ponder. Unfortunately I don't have it to hand at present but will try to look it out.Patriciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906131174326742939noreply@blogger.com