Damn... this thread is getting good again. Nice post D9.
One bonus point for causing me to have to look up a word:
For the lesser educated individuals like myself....
apostasy: The word itself in its etymological sense, signifies the desertion of a post, the giving up of a state of life; he who voluntarily embraces a definite state of life cannot leave it, therefore, without becoming an apostate. Most authors, however, distinguish with Benedict XIV (De Synodo di£cesanā, XIII, xi, 9), between three kinds of apostasy:
apostasy a Fide or perfidi£, when a Christian gives up his faith;
apostasy ab ordine, when a cleric abandons the ecclesiastical state;
apostasy a religione, or monachatus, when a religious leaves the religious life.
