1. I think priests are now allowed to fight in [just] wars, even in defense of a city under seige.
I think the prohibition against shedding blood in warfare is an old one (maybe in the ancient canons)? I do not know if such a prohibition also applies to instances of legitimate self-defense. Are married priests allowed to shed blood in order to defend his family?
2. What about married priests acting like alphas in the home, in particular, in the bedroom? Or with how they handle their wives? (Rather than an "egalitarian" sort of friendship, companionate model.) It might seem to the pious that the married priest, above all, fits the TOB model or stereotype of the always sensitive/gentle lover. (Note that I do not use the word "considerate" here - what if your wife actually wants you to be alpha?)
Should a husband have spiritual authority over his wife as a priest over a parishioner? Is this probably not advisable? Or is this only applicable to spiritual direction, as opposed to being the spiritual "leader" of the parish, and by extension his wife and their family. The authority of the priest over his flock is different from the lay leadership of the parish.* Perhaps the authority of a priest is more limited than we who have a clericalist mindset might think.
Let us forget for the moment the priest/parishioner fantasy; this probably would not come into play if the wife had already been accustomed to the idea of a married priesthood. Is a priest always a priest? Is the king always the king, even when dealing with his family within the boundaries of his home? Or is he father and husband as well? One or multiple roles? Does he wear one hat all of the time? Or does he switch hats as the situation demands?
*And lay leadership of the parish (which should be in the care of men) may not be identical with political leadership, as the Church is not identical with the polis, though there is "overlap."
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