Dear Romulus,
Although I don't have much trouble connecting the dots in what you posted from Pope Paul's encyclical, unfortunately, it seems to leave a lot to the imagination, to interpretation.
Are there clearer definitions of things within the document?
I think that Pope John's document is a lot more straightforward.
Thanks for the cite.
sitetest
No, unfortunately, the encyclical is a classic example of the vatican love of veiled language. "Let it not be so much as named among you" seems to have been the by word then -- which would've been fine if all concened had been committed to protecting the purity of the priesthood.