Candidate for priesthood
A theology student who is preparing for ordination as a priest is referred to as a candidate for the priesthood . For part of his training, he usually lives in a seminary . The priesthood candidates of the religious communities can be trained in institutions of their own convent or their order.
Colloquially, candidates are also called seminarians . In the 18th and 19th centuries, candidates for the priesthood were also called ordinands (from Latin ordinandus ).
For candidates for the priesthood, the regulations according to the secret appendix paragraph a) of the Reich Concordat or according to the Conscription Act apply .
For inclusion in a seminary, candidates apply, the secular priests want to be in the respective local bishop in whose diocese the seminary is located. After studying theology, evidence of scientific and theological training at a university and of practical liturgical training at the seminary or the theologian konvikt must be provided. The further practical training, which depending on the diocese lasts a few months or a year, takes place in the so-called pastoral seminar. After that, the candidate can receive ordination as a deacon after admission .
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- ↑ In the Lutheran town and parish church of St. Marien in Wittenberg there has been an ordinance room since the 19th century .
- ↑ § 12 WPflG