ORTHODOX AND LATIN VIEWS
ON DIVORCE
©
2000 by Orchid Land Publications
[updated 1-5-2000]
The reader is referred to the article, "Roman Catholics urge their Church to adopt the Orthodox practice of ecclesiastical divorce," by the Revd. Luke Uhl. Fr. Uhl is a priest of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The original article appeared in Diocesan news, vol. V, no. 7 (July 1997), a publication of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Denver. A convenient re-print is found in Orthodox tradition, vol. xv, nos. 2/3, 1998, pp. 6-10. This publication can be ordered from St. Gregory Palamas Monastery, POB 398, Etna, CA 96027-0398.
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| One is reminded of the adage: Men marry hoping the woman will remain the same; women marry hoping the man will change. |
| What is more ghastly than a long life in a mismatched (mismated) marriage--one in which each partner wastes the other's life? |
