tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post3836267895693813488..comments2024-02-25T16:56:47.627-05:00Comments on Magdalene's Egg: Yes, It's a "Resignation"Father Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-80126437328572414512013-02-15T09:29:22.257-05:002013-02-15T09:29:22.257-05:00As an aside, I am beginning to worry that GR has j...As an aside, I am beginning to worry that GR has jumped some sort of shark lately. Their posts seem to be getting shriller and less defensible lately. Or is it just me?Father Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-25969808410234496452013-02-15T09:27:55.178-05:002013-02-15T09:27:55.178-05:00I suspect it's just a display of phony eruditi...I suspect it's just a display of phony erudition. <br /><br />In Mattingly's case, there may be a specific rhetorical purpose, though. Since Get Religion exists in large part to show up the inadequacy of the press when dealing with religion, this may have been an attempt to say "Hah! Look at my ignorant colleagues in the media, who apply the language of a corporate office to life in the papal court."Father Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-75944857685792611262013-02-15T00:44:13.746-05:002013-02-15T00:44:13.746-05:00One has to wonder what the point of making that su...One has to wonder what the point of making that supposed distinction really is. What would be at stake, apart from displaying one's pedantry, in insisting that Benedict XVI didn't resign but is abdicating? The purpose of the assertion is lost on me. Maybe that's because it is a distinction lacking in substance or difference.Mark C. Christiansonhttp://www.restenergy.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-38172847717202320372013-02-14T09:01:19.207-05:002013-02-14T09:01:19.207-05:00
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