At the root of Trump's flaunting of political norms, there lies an insidious strategy of divisiveness, however otherwise laudable his any given goal may or may not be. This accounts, in part, for how he garnered support from the Religious Right & affords some insight into how it's often gone so wRong! 

On another recent thread, someone remarked that Pope Francis is no “gentleman.” 

The Pope definitely seems to have the eschatological sensibilities of --- not only the pilgrim, but --- the prophet? 

He has indeed engaged the fiery rhetoric of prophetic indictment, what has been called the "jerimiad."

To represent an authentic voice of prophetic protest, a jerimiad must conform not only to a rhetorical style but to a consensus moral substance. Also, it must have an unambiguously unitive trajectory, a communal call to repentance, rehabilitation, and reconciliation.  

The authentic jerimiads of Pope Francis, which clearly meet the criteria above, stand in stark contrast ... 1/2