Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 29, 2002
December 28, 2002
December 30, 2002
Transcript:
Monk: Your holiness... the heretic has escaped! She couldn't have gotten out on her own, so there's only one possible explanation. Bishop: Yes...someone broke her out. Monk: Oh... I was thinking it might be a miracle. Bishop: Sigh. Thinking would be a miracle for you. This blasphemous act against me...I mean, the church... had to be done by someone who's very cunning and bold... ...or very stupid. Homer: Hey, da...Look what I hauled in from the sea today. Homer's father: Just gut it and give it to your mother to cook, Homer. Homer in the Dark Ages. In this bleak period, the true power behind the throne was the church, so the authority of the bishops went unquestioned and unchallenged... Meanwhile.... To be continued
Ok, actually, there were some individuals who did act like this ‘Bishop’, but not because the Church allowed it. It was because there was a lot of what was called ‘simony’ going one, selling offices for money. Again, this was fought against by the True Church. When the head is in Rome, and you’re operating in England, thousands of miles away, and letters take months to get anywhere, maybe years, looking in and controlling such abuses would be impossible.
Such Bishops were installed by the rulers of the countries, and installed because they would listen to the king, not the pope. They were controlled and obeyed the king of the country or area, not the Church. But Wiley is making it sound as if its the Church to blame. Typical.