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Thank you for clarifying that. I apologize for the misinformation -- what had initially prompted me to take -- as I noted -- a *cursory* look into this was the fact that I couldn't find exact info re: Canon 1055 -- Someone recently asked me about the sacrament of marriage and I gave the date 1059 just off the top of my head -- but I couldn't remember where I got that date and I wanted to check for sure. Short on time, I took a quick look in the internet and apparently came across false info (I realize that the internet is not always good place to go for reliable info.) I did a search again just now, at http://www.ncn.net/~cyclist/Sacred/Sacraments/marriage.html, I found the following: "The institution of marriage was officially recognized as one of the sacraments of the Church at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215. . . . For the sacrament, the purpose is twofold:marriage by its nature is ordered to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of children (Canon 1055). Is this right? I always associated the institution of marriage as a sarcament with Cluny. Any idea what the impetus behind the move to make marriage officially a sacrament? (The impetus of the clarification at 24th Session of Trent is obvious) Was the instituion of marriage as a sacrament perhaps related to any movements attempting to enforce and clarify clerical celibacy? -- Stephen M. Carey On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Bill East wrote: > At 11:13 20/02/99 -0500, you wrote: > >The Supple Doctor sure has it right as usual. > >Joe Pope > > > >I do my best. > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%