Via Fr. Michael Brown.
On the feast of St Matthias I normally comment that strangely Christian tradition has never followed the example of the Apostles and chosen their successors by drawing lots. It would seem the obvious way to choose bishops if we are concerned o follow the example of the Scriptures but strangely in the return ad fontes asked for by Vatican II this never came up.
So I was pleasantly surprised to learn about the process used for electing a Coptic pope where a blindfolded boy chosen at random picks out one of three names. I wonder if any other Christians follow use random methods to choose their leaders?
Congratulations to bishop Tawadros: he has a difficult job ahead of him.
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Traditional Mennonites and Amish draw lots, too.