I don’t think Francis is downgrading a the teaching of a diploma I believe he is saying and Francis
Correct me if I’m wrong the degree doesn’t make a Pastor a called man of GOD JESUS called
All the 12 Apostles even Judas.I don’t believe a degree makes you a Priest of GOD it may say so
On the Diploma.as let’s say an Engineer I work in the Construction field so I have seen PE that just weren’t much.Now on the flip side if your called of GOD the Schooling should prove to be a great
Benefit one will have to adjust after he leaves that setting and into Pastoring or wherever or whatever his calling takes him.Anglicans may only go to Anglican Colleges as Catholics I believe have their own
Colleges.I believe also if one goes and begins schooling GOD may call him there.I don’t want to hurt your feelings but do you believe because on has a Divinity Degree that he is called of GOD?
Thank you Myychael.
"..........but do you believe because one has a Divinity Degree that he is called of GOD?
As an illustration, I recall over 40 years ago helping some Christian students get their rented accommodation sorted. The landlord of the property lived about 20 miles away and I agreed to drive them over as he wasn't prepared to let the house without first seeing the tenants.
As I phoned to arrange a suitable time, the address he gave was a vicarage, and of course he was a reverend vicar in the local Anglican church.
I arrived with my 4 female charges and we were politely received by the elderly priest and his wife. He was very chatty as he questioned the girls about themselves, and I then mentioned that we were all Christians.
He beamed at us and replied, "That's lovely, my wife and I are also both Christians", an answer that completely puzzled me, given that he was a priest.
Curious, I then asked how long he had been a Christian, "About seven years," was the reply.
"And how long have you been in the ministry?" I asked, "About thirty years," he told us!
It is not uncommon that people go all the way through theological college and come out with a degree of some sort, then enter ministry, and their relationship with God is utterly shallow or non existent.
As Jesus said, it is the blind leading the blind.