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**biannaruh** · 03-15-2009, 04:44 PM

I find this tension quite ironic, as bishops are drawn from monastic ranks, and not a few of them were abbots before being consecrated.

03-15-2009, 04:44 PM	#28
biannaruh Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	I find this tension quite ironic, as bishops are drawn from monastic ranks, and not a few of them were abbots before being consecrated.
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