A return to the Bishops
"During the years 100 to 600, most theologians were bishops; from 600 to 1500 in the West, they were monks; since 1500, they have been university professors. Gregory I, who died in 604, was a bishop who had been a monk; Martin Luther, who died in 1546 was a monk who became a university professor." Jaroslav Pelikan I would like to see a return to the theologian bishop. That is one of the reasons I like N.T. Wright, Leslie Newbigin, Eugene Peterson and even Dietrich Bonhoeffer. They were all pastors as well as scholars. The world (especially in the industrialized west) has too many academics and not enough pastors.