Dear Alex,
Yes, you may call me Laud, or Joe, or whichever you prefer.
I think, however, that you misunderstood me. The point was not that the Latin Church did not allow priests to leave to get married, but that in both the east and the west after being ordained into a major order the man is not alowed to married without leaving active ministry.
What I'm saying is that those priests who have left to get married wouldn't be able to return to active ministry even if they inistuted the optional marriage. Optional marriage would only mean taht one is permitted to get married before ordination, but it would not mean that one is permitted to get married after ordination and still retain an active ministry.
About the marriage thing, I thought I was correct. I respectively preffer the western.
, but, then again, despite my love of many many things eastern, I am a westerner and I tend to preffer western though, theology, and mysticism, though not always, and I adore eastern liturgy. I am a westerner. I'm proud of it, yet I still adore the east and love my brothers there--especially those inside the Catholic Church.
This can, perhaps, be seen in my preference for Latin over Greek (though I study both), and in my preference for Augustine over Basil (though I love both), but, hey, that's the way it is suppose to be! Paul said that if one was to take one stand, he ought to be thoughly convinced of it.
God bless bro, and I love ya!
