[sinkspur]

I don't think the Pope wants all clergy to be Greek langauge scholars.

When I was in seminary, back in the early 70s, two guys in my class were kicked out because they couldn't master Spanish. Lord knows what the fallout rate would have been if Greek had been a requirement.

Parish priests do not need to to be Classical Scholars. If they can discern a bit of Latin, that ought to suffice.

Leave the scholarship to the scholars, and the sacramental administration and pastoral practice to the guys who are willing to put themselves on the line.

[Destro]

Not my call.

[dsc]

"When I was in seminary, back in the early 70s, two guys in my class were kicked out because they couldn't master Spanish."

Which simply means that they were not intelligent enough to be priests.

Spanish is a dawdle. Compared with Japanese, Spanish and English are practically the same language. When I had Spanish in high school back in the 60s, even the boneheads passed. And that was back in the days when you actually had to demonstrate a minimum command of the material to pass a class.

[pseudo-ignatius]

When I was in seminary, back in the early 70s, two guys in my class were kicked out because they couldn't master Spanish. Lord knows what the fallout rate would have been if Greek had been a requirement.

And, around 30 years before that, all the theology classes would have been in Latin. I'm not saying we should go back to that, but it's amazing how much we just shy away from any suggestion of rigor in seminary formation.

Parish priests do not need to to be Classical Scholars. If they can discern a bit of Latin, that ought to suffice.

I'm not sure that that squares with Sacrosanctum Concilium--the laity are expected to know all the ordinary prayers of the Mass in Latin, as well as a number of the common chant modes. For that to be possible, all priests should be trained reasonably well in Latin (4-5 semesters of it at least).