A Response to “On administering Holy Communion in a Time of a Plague”
This was sent to me and deserves a read. You can read the Calivas article here . We can all agree that we are living in unusual times. However, the nature and extent of the illness that we face, and the proper response of the Church, is a matter of much disagreement. We have seen various responses to the COVID-19 epidemic: calls to close our Churches as infectious vectors, and demands to open them as places of spiritual healing. Directives a) ordering the cessation of sacramental life as part of an effort to “flatten the curve,” and cries for access to the divine grace that flows forth from those very mysteries; b) calling for the restriction of “at-risk persons,” and serious questions about the validity of such controls, c) instructions to liturgists to wear personal protective equipment during the celebration of the divine services and the distribution of the holy Mysteries, and uncertainty about the fitness of such practices. Who has been championing what and on behalf of whom? The ...
And I expect some reduction in metropolitan's power. Will they still be ruling hierarchs of auxiliaries with august titles. TBD.
ReplyDeleteThere's definitely a need for dioceses not to be gigantic, far-flung things with precious little relevance to the life of the parishes. How it can be cheaper to have more bishops who also do more I do not know, but it's surely better for the life of the Church (anywhere) in the long run.
ReplyDeleteI think the key to the logic is that each be of these diocese have a full time auxiliary Bishop and Ierokyrix (Bishop in training) not to mention staff that maybe could be divided among a smaller diocese
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