Recruiting Mentally Dysfunctional Clergy To Run The Anglican Asylum
by Jules Gomes, Republic Standard:
For a long time, the Jesuits of the Bombay Province have been regarded as the crème de la crème of India’s clergy. They run some of the finest educational institutions in Mumbai. Their commitment to the poor is unrivalled. Their work among tribal peoples in rural areas is unparalleled.
The Jesuits recruit the brightest and the best. The training is rigorous and takes 14 years to complete. The selection is gruelling. In my days, it involved four interviews, of which the most demanding was the mental health evaluation conducted by a psychiatrist.
Despite their capitulation to Marxism, the Society of Jesus remains committed to excellence and even elitism when it comes to recruiting novices. The stringent application of the motto Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (to the greater glory of God) makes it incumbent for this order of God’s commandos to enlist the finest. After all, sloppy clergy who produce shoddy work will accomplish little for the greater glory of God.
The church has had more than its fair share of crappy clergy. William Tyndale, father of the English Bible, noted in 1530 that hardly any of the clerics in England knew the Lord’s Prayer. In 1551, when the Bishop of Gloucester tested his diocesan clergy, of 311 priests, 171 could not repeat the Ten Commandments and 27 did not know the author of the Lord’s Prayer.
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