[ripe-chair-discuss] Bishop of Rome (was Status of RIPE Chair discussion?)

On 17/05/17 12:49, Shane Kerr wrote:

> 
>     The lack of an institutionalized process for papal succession was
>     prone to religious schism, and many papal claimants before 1059 are
>     currently regarded by the Church as antipopes, although most are
>     not. Furthermore, the frequent requirement of secular approval of
>     elected popes significantly lengthened periods of sede vacante and
>     weakened the papacy. 

I rather like the idea of having an AntiChair. You would have to keep it
out of the same room as the Chair of course, otherwise the well known
principles first postulated by Mr Dirac would come into play and Norway
would become a radioactive crater.


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