This man possesses an Office: This man is doing… sigh… a “ministry”: Are we seeing the difference here? Offices are ontological. Being. Ministries are operational. Doing. Big, big difference. Big, huge, ginormous distinction. Distinctions. They’re everything. Offices are not contingent upon ministries. A Pope in a coma is still the Pope. And ministry does not … Continue reading First we must make a distinction: Office, ministry.