Studies

• Taking of the National examination.
• Those who were not taught religious education at the secondary school level are required to pass test. 
• Scored a sufficient number of points in motivational interviewing.
• Classification procedure is required only for those priesthood candidates older than 24 years. 

a) Knowledge

• Mastering the basics of biblical Greek, Hebrew and Latin and judging their importance for the interpretation of the content, origin and theological message of biblical writings and theological literature.
• Analyzing and integrating liturgical rites, traditional and theological sources of the Christian image of the Triune God.
• Connecting the basic concepts of Christology, soteriology and pneumatology.
• Comparing the relationship between reason and faith and Christianity and world religions.
• Identifying the motives and reasons, causes and consequences of the origin and development of liturgical rites.
• Judging the relationship between the Church and secular rulers throughout history and today.
• Assessing the importance of church councils for the development of Church doctrines, the impact of heresy on development of dogmas and the relationship of Church and culture.
• Identifying the motives and reasons, causes and consequences of divisions in Christianity.

b) Cognitive skills

• Critical evaluation and creative presentation of the main trends and representatives of philosophical thought from the beginning to the present day.
• Theological valorisation of the knowledge of God.
• Determining the relationship between the theology of creation, original sin and grace.
• Formulation of basic principles and degrees of dynamics of spiritual life on the basis of Christian mystics.
• Evaluation of systematic philosophical approaches to God and the world.
• Explaining the foundations of sacramentology and presenting the sacraments of initiation, healing and serving.
• Evaluation and critical judgment of theological significance, ritual and symbolic givenness of
  the sacraments.
• Analysis and differentiation of the basic laws of mental processes and their impact on human behaviour.
• Recognize errors in scientific argumentation

c) Psychomotor skills

• Supporting and justifying basic dogmatic expressions and documents of church teaching in matters of faith.
• Presentation, interpretation and critical judgment of life, works, pastoral-catechetical contributions and methods of the most important Christian Eastern and Western writers-theologians from the apostolic period to the Middle Ages.
• Presentation of the main bioethical issues and important topics of the social science of the Church.
• Managing and leading the complex evangelization process of the pastoral care of the sacraments, marriage and families, church movements.
• Singing Gregorian antiphons, designing spiritual concerts in sacral spaces and arranging singing in worship.
• Presentation of general provisions of canon law, the role of the consecration service of the Church and guidelines on the action of God's people
• Management of the process of religious education.

d) Social skills

• Argumentation of the Christian interpretation of general and personal history starting from God’ revelation in Jesus Christ.
• Development of pastoral programmes and synodal work in pastoral.
• Argumentation of the hierarchical structure of the Church and evaluation of the role and mission of lay believers in the mystery of the Church and the development of ecclesiology.
• Dialogical confrontation with the similarities and differences of Christian anthropology and anthropology of other religions.
• Cooperation and cooperative action in the parish pastoral council and the class council.
• Cooperation with parents in the field of education and religious-pedagogical issues.

e) Selfreliance

• Synthesizing and independently judging different ethical and anthropological theories.
• Integrating and valorizing basic methods of interpreting Holy Scripture.
• Critical evaluation of the historical development of the Church from the beginning to the present.
• Comparison of multiple forms of Christian life and Catholic principles of ecumenism.
• Arranging the basic contents, goals and tasks of catechesis and conducting religious education and catechesis in the parish community.
• Independent planning, programming and teaching of religious education and catechesis of all ages.

f) Responsibility

• Justification of the basic principles of Christian moral theology.
• Evaluation of theological and moral virtues, Christian doctrine of sexuality, marriage and family.
• Judging ethical and moral action.
• Valorizing the methods of pastoral theology and the role of the parish community in the local Church.
• Judging sacramental practice.
• Taking personal and team responsibility for the successful implementation of religious education and catechesis.
• Judging religious life at the church and social level.
• Evaluating the role of the ecumenical movement for the unity of Christ's Church.