Catholic Legal Theory and the Parenthetical

Reviewing edits undertaken by a 3L on a forthcoming essay of mine, I just discovered the following parenthetical added to my citation of John Noonan's now-classic essay Development in Moral Doctrine:  "(describing evolution of Catholic Church)."  Res ipsa.  A distant second is this parenthetical added to "explain" the meaning of par.  831 of the Catechismus Catholicae Ecclesiae:  "(explaining that Catholicism is for entire world)."  Not only is the Church sent to the whole world; now she has an -ism that's for everyone. 

In my experience, student editors do the conscientious job expected of them, and my current engagement is no exception.  The trouble is the hegemony of the Bluebook and its lack of sensitivity to what's really going on in the use of sources and authorities.  Which is why I live in fear of the day of the Restatement (Third) of Everything.