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From: "Vern Humphrey" 
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To: seanmbrook{at}aol.com [mailto:seanmbrook{at}aol.com]
> > >
>  Good.  But, I don't think the Knights of Malta them-
>  selves think like that.  As I recall, one of their sayings
>  is to serve the sick and poor in their charge with "white
>  bread on silver plate" at the end of the day before they
>  too dine.  That is, more is demanded from those who
>  have much.

Noblisse oblige.  But I would rather stick with the oblige and eliminate
the noblisse.
>
>
> > >
> > VH> The Church, however, is NOT a matter of hereditary right --
> the Pope is
> > elected, not born to his office.
> > >
>  Certainly.  And that too is true of the leaders of
>  the Knights of St. John.  The Knights periodically
>  choose their leaders.
>
If their rules allow them to choose commoners, they are not the order I was
talking about.
>


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