tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post3091115271768846166..comments2024-03-29T07:50:15.957+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Concepts And AssociationsKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-3234477605272065302017-04-14T08:17:37.259+01:002017-04-14T08:17:37.259+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Yes, I should have remembered that, a...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Yes, I should have remembered that, as being the simplest explanation for Leo's behavior. Quite simply, the shock and horror of the Change drove him CLINICALLY mad. The anti-pope would have been deserving of compassion if he was not being so cynically used by the Protector.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-65114869025043974322017-04-13T16:59:50.008+01:002017-04-13T16:59:50.008+01:00Sean,
As the abbot says, the most charitable inter...Sean,<br />As the abbot says, the most charitable interpretation is that Leo's post-Change experiences had driven him mad, mad enough to think that the Church had survived nowhere else and also that God wanted him to re-establish a medieval Church to fit Arminger's fantasies.<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-57843601595672362392017-04-13T16:05:46.512+01:002017-04-13T16:05:46.512+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Very nice blog piece. Not really much...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Very nice blog piece. Not really much I can say or add except that I agree we should both enjoy the works of Anderson and Stirling (and whatever other SF writers we favor) and THINK about the ideas and issues found in their works.<br /><br />No one else seems to have thought of it, but HOW could Norman Arminger's puppet anti-Pope "Leo XIV" even THINK he was pope? After all, current conclave law mandates that to be validly elected, a pope needs to get two thirds of the cardinals votes at a conclave. We see nothing about on what GROUNDS "Leo XIV" claimed to be pope.<br /><br />Sean Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com