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Reflection 333  Based on the 1965 Vatican II document: 
Decree on Bishops
- Articles 1-3

(Comments welcome here)

 

Article 1: Just as Jesus was sent by the Father, so Jesus sent the apostles.  No problem

Article 2:  Pope enjoys supreme, full, immediate, and universal authority  and primacy of power over all the churches.
Bishops are successors of the apostles, subservient to the pope.   Problem

Article 2 reflects the tensions that were present at Vatican II - one group pushing for absolute-monarchy type status for the pope, another group pushing for collegiality between pope and bishops. 

See this article for how the tension continues today

Jesus, please help the pope and bishops work together
the way you intended them to work together