Talk:Diocese of Cashel and Ossory

Orphaned references in Diocese of Cashel and Ossory (CoI)
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Reference named "HBOBC": From Diocese of Clogher (Church of Ireland):  From Bishop of Waterford and Lismore:  From Diocese of Down and Dromore:  From Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin:  From Bishop of Leighlin:  From Bishop of Ossory:  

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 14:34, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

propose the Removal of the NPOV banner
A NPOV banner has appeared in the article. No explanation or grounds have been given for the insertion of the banner. The particular section contains a list of historical facts. No historian of Irish history would doubt the veracity of the facts. If anything, the facts underplay the seriousness of the state actions. They amounted to state approved discrimination by reason of creed. Such actions would now be condemned by various sectins of the UN Charter of Huiman Rights. While such a chater was not in existance at the time, nevertheless, they entailed suffering to the majority of the population. Such suffering has been described in the most mild of terms. I should like to see what a more NPOV article would look like. I suspect that it would involve no more than an attempted whitewash by blinkered Protestant adherants. There are many members of otestant faiths who are also, unfortunately, deniers-of-suffering-by-the-majority-during-the-English-Reformation. Replacing one alleged non neutral POV with an actually biased POV does not restore neutrality. I propose the Removal of the NPOV banner. Laurel Lodged (talk) 23:35, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I feel that the "Overview and history" section, which is repeated in the other current Church of Ireland diocese articles, goes on too much about how the "majority of the population remained faithful to the Latin Rite of Roman Catholicism" and "were obliged to find alternative premises and to conduct their services in secret". Yes, the Church of Ireland took control of the cathedrals, churches, etc., and the population majority were penalised by the then Government for not conforming, but does it have to be written from a biased Roman Catholic POV? In fact, does it have to be mentioned at all? It comes across to me as Catholics having a go at Protestants for what happened hundreds of years ago. Obviously who wrote that hasn't heard of Christian forgiveness. The section needs to be rewritten from an impartial, neutral point of view. Until then the tag should remain. Scrivener-uki (talk) 11:35, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The facts in the overview are stated only once, they are not repeated elsewhere in the body of the article so I don't see how they could be characterised as "too much". To say that the Church of Ireland "took control" smacks of weasel words. It implies that they happended upon a grerenfield site with perfectly formed cathedrals, churches etc and no obvious owners in sight. Everybody knows that no such thing happened. The appropriation - for that is what it was - involved dispossession, exile, expulsion and penal punishments. All historians will acknowlege these facts. None of these gory details are mentioned in the article to protect the delicate sensibilites of the members of the Established Church. It suffices to simply state, in as neutral a way as possible, "were obliged to find alternative premises and to conduct their services in secret". Personally, I think that it is a masterpiece of understatement, but if others can find a better way of conveying facts in the the overview while lessening any embarrassment to members of the Established Church, then I'm all ears. As for Christian forgiveness, all Christians know that there are 3 steps in this process: an acknowedgement of sin on the part of the sinner, asking for forgiveness from the partty sinned against, a solemn commitment not to sin in that way (or any way) again. I'm not aware of the CoI undertaking any of these steps. And being possessed to this day of the fruits of their sinfulness, is it reasonable to expect such forgiveness? If I burgle my neighbour's house in the night, buy a diamond ring with the proceeds, can I then turn up tearful at my neighbours house begging for forgiveness while the brilliance of the diamond blinds my neighbour's eye? It's not the purpose of Wiki to arrange reconcilliations. It's sufficient to state the facts in as neutral away as possible while not allowing squeamishness to blind us to distasteful facts. Laurel Lodged (talk) 14:17, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I take offence when you said I used "weasel words". How else can I say that the Church of Ireland took over control of the cathedrals, churches, etc. during the Reformation? Let me know what wording should have said instead? I didn't realise that the talk page guidelines had to be so precise. Scrivener-uki (talk) 16:43, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Excuse me for intruding - the existing Irish bishops in the 1530s went along with Henry VIII's changes and were replaced in the usual way. Then in the 1550s they reverted to Roman Catholicism under Queen Mary. From the 1560s under Queen Elizabeth different bishops started to be appointed by each sect, but the state church (whether Protestant or Catholic) always had possession of the properties. It so happened that the state church remained Protestant, and that most Irish people did not subsequently convert to Protestantism, but in the 1530s-60s neither eventuality was predictable. Separately, all Henry's monastic land confiscations were accepted by Mary in 1554, and were not reversed by her. All the "dispossession, exile, expulsion and penal punishments" did happen, and were "distasteful", but happened after Henry, and particularly after "Regnans in Excelsis (1570). It is not just against NPOV but plain wrong to say that the Church of Ireland "took control" from the 1530s - state control was always there, and the church and monarchy were top-down institutions. Irish Jews and Moslems never had an opportunity to build at Cashel, did they?86.42.192.248 (talk) 09:28, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The wording I said earlier "took control" has the same meaning as the editor's wording "assumed possession" in the article. We are both wrong. The state control was there before and after the Reformation, it was just the religious allegiance changed back and forth. The "Overview and history" section should be rewritten about the Church of Ireland diocese and is not neccessary to mention about "The substantial majority of the population remained faithful to the Latin Rite of Roman Catholicism"; just as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly article does not mention "The English-speaking minority mostly adhered to the Church of Ireland or to Presbyterianism". Rather than going on about the rights and wrongs during the Reformation, the "Overview and history" should be about how the current Diocese of Cashel and Ossory was evolved from the combination of other dioceses, how the Anglican Province of Cashel merged with the Anglican Province of Dublin in 1833, how the Irish Church Act 1869 disestablished the Church of Ireland in 1871; and how the united diocese is today. That is how the "Overview and history" should be about rather than zooming on one particular issue. Scrivener-uki (talk) 13:03, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The state had control of the Diocese before and after the Reformation? This will be news to the Bishop of Rome, who alone had the authority to invest the pallium on his chosen candidate. To state this strange opinion is Original Research which should either be withdrawn or supported. In this regard, the wiki article on Pallium is instructive. Note in particular: "The use of the pallium is reserved to the pope and archbishops who are metropolitans, but the latter may not use it until it is conferred upon them by the pope, normally at the celebration of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in June....Worn by the pope, the pallium symbolizes the plenitudo pontificalis officii (i.e., the 'plenitude of pontifical office'); worn by archbishops, it typifies their participation in the supreme pastoral power of the pope, who concedes it to them for their proper church provinces." Laurel Lodged (talk) 22:19, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't dispute the pope's authority to appoint bishops/archbishops and invest the pallium on his chosen candidate. But when a bishop/archbishop dies, translates or resigns the temporalities revert to the monarch who then grants them to the next bishop/archbishop. This show that the state had control of the secular properties and possessions not the church. Scrivener-uki (talk) 22:44, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

removing POV tag with no active discussion per Template:POV
I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:
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Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 09:58, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

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