A study of local
authorities questioned how much money would be allocated to support a hypothetical pupil, and the answer varied dramatically from a minimum of # 2,000 to a maximum of # 25,000.
Given the difficulties of really working through such an issue within the synod, the seminary faculty took refuge in a second answer to
the authority question: What was binding upon the synod's pastors and theological professors was the collection of Lutheran Confessional writings from the sixteenth century (gathered in the Book of Concord).
Why are people so selective in
the authorities they question?
Authorities are still needed; but
the authority question is no longer a simple matter of which one.
Tickle goes on to say that, in addition to
the authority question, (which is foundational), «each reconfiguration also has at least two dominant, unrelenting questions that attend it and may not be unique to it.»
A sure way to get one's own judgment and
authority questioned or undermined, by the press and departmental employees, even if the appointee was scrupulous about it.
The chair of the BIS committee, Iain Wright, accused Sir Philip of being «extraordinarily thin - skinned to even simple questions» and suggested he did not like having
his authority questioned.
So the law can probably safely leave authentication and
authority questions to the plan administrators (given that they would run the risk of having to pay twice if they paid to a wrongfully designated beneficiary).
The authority questioned the enforceability of the CFA.