This supports the charge that the SSPX-Resistance never intended to prepare priests for practical formation and ordination.
While souls wilt, they're working all the intellectual high points, not caring to go into the field to engage the Great Battle.
Maybe the era of seminaries is over.
I am not an expert, but I know that seminaries were made mandatory by the Council Of Trent.
While the average diocesan priest in the 1400s and before could be quite ignorant, I think that a one on one model of formation could be successful.
How were diocesan priests trained before the 1500s? Private tutoring with an avaliable priest?
A willing young man could spend the week with a Resistance priest and absorb the basic knowledge necessary to be a good priest.
There were many saintly priests who did not go to the seminary. I recall the case of St. Philip Nery. There are surely many more.
Topic: The Caliber of Seminaries (Read 4064 times)