Well, why didn't you say so, old boy? Votes to be restricted to Catholics who'll vote the right way? That'll fix it.In all fairness to sinkspur, there was an approval process by the "aseembled priests and bishops" mentioned.
In the Archdiocese of Chicago, if the priests voted for a bishop they'd be fighting over Rembert Weakland with Milwaukee.
Even the priests can't be trusted to choose bishops.
Understood, but I'm not sure that's what sinkspur had in mind. In any event, the optimal elecitors -- 4th century Milanese, led by a little child -- are not available, and I'm not sure how we're to find our way there from here. Culture does evolve, but not in discontinuous leaps.
"The whole world groaned, and was astonished to find itself Arian."