2006-10-30 04:13:50 · 8 answers · asked by Simply_Me 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
5-8 years-and I went to catholic charismatic and they had me pray to ask Jesus into my heart to forgive sins and become my personal friend and savior -to help me, amen-now the bible says we are a royal priesthood of
God-so with Jesus its one prayer in amazing grace (John 3 and Revelation 3:19&20)
2006-11-01 05:50:09 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Priests come in two flavors: parish priests and priests of specific orders (Jesuits, Marians, Dominicans, Franciscans, Benedictines, &c). The different orders require different preparation for their priests, so there's no standard length of time. Similarly, nuns are members of various orders, so there's no standard there either.
Of course, priests from other Catholic Churches (Malabar, Syriac, Chaldean, Melkite, &c) also have their own system of priestly formation.
Parish priests from the Latin Rite (which is the most common one, and probably the one you're thinking of) go through the seminary system, which is standardized. Initially, a seminarian must have a bachelor's in philosophy. If he doesn't have one, he gets it at seminary, which takes two years or so. After that, he has to get what's called a "master's of Divinity," which takes another three years. After that, I'm not sure. Hope this helps, at least a little bit! God bless.
2006-10-30 13:07:25 · answer #2 · answered by thechivalrous 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about becoming a priest, but it takes a long time to become a nun. And a lot of requirements.
2006-10-30 12:17:20 · answer #3 · answered by flashypsw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to be a priest AND a nun, you would have to go through the conversion classes if you aren't already a Catholic. Then you would have to undergo an indoctination process into the clergy. My main concern would be that if you wanted to be a priest AND a nun, you would have to undergo a sex-change operation and that could be costly. I doubt the Church would pay for it.
2006-10-30 12:18:42 · answer #4 · answered by Candidus 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know how long seminary school is, but I think nuns are asked to live three years in the convent of the order they wish to go into to see if it's right for them.
2006-10-30 12:17:40 · answer #5 · answered by sister steph 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7 years to be a priest, 2 years for sex change, then 4 more years to be nun.
2006-10-30 12:16:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
depends on the religion, usually within a year or so.
2006-10-30 12:16:27 · answer #7 · answered by Juleette 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not trying to be mean but why would you wanna throw your life away to join some group
2006-10-30 12:16:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋