The
process of breaking down the primitive
cultural monopoly of the bishop with the consequent approximation of parity of bishop and priest in respect to their ministry, as
distinguished from their jurisdiction, proceeded unevenly, more rapidly in the big cities than in the small towns, more readily in the West than in the East.
It now covers, for instance, adults who may be protected parties due to lack of capacity and recognition of the need to take into account «ethnic,
cultural, religious or linguistic contexts», to describe the risk assessment
process when expressing an opinion, to
distinguish between a hypothesis and an opinion and to indicate where an opinion is provisional.