“It is like the same circumspect attitude taken by the Catholic Church regarding Greek practices of ecclesiastical divorce.”
The Greek practice with regard to divorce goes back to, at the most recent, the 5th century. I must say, however, that I can’t see any reason for Rome to be circumspect about our practices concerning ecclesiastical divorce. perhaps it has to do with the different understandings of the Mystery itself.
Okay, Guys: Could we, the unwashed and ignorant, have a little more here? Open up the thinking, please.
Well, Rome has purposefully avoided making a dogmatic condemnation of the Greek practice. Hence Trent’s circumlocution of (paraphrasing) “If anyone says the Church has erred ... by saying that divorce is not permitted, let him be anathema.”