[charliemarlow]

1. Bishops want more priests
2. It is demonstrable that seminaries develop more priests
in orthodox dioceses.
3. Therefore, bishops support unorthodoxy in their dioceses.
OR
1. Bishops do not want more priests.
2. It is demonstrable that seminaries develop more priests
in orthodox dioceses.
3. Therefore, bishops support unorthodoxy in their dioceses.
Which one is more logical?

[InterestedQuestioner]

Charliemarlow,

Thanks for your post. I don't know Bishop McCarrick, and I'm having some difficulty following your reasoning. In response to your comments, one does indeed wonder if some who have worked for the Church would prefer a total and debilitating vocations crisis in order to use an emergency to push through their own agendas and "open up" the priesthood. It's also been argued that those who would "change the Church from within" discourage faithful vocations, while selecting for wolves in sheep's clothing.

I do, however, think it sounds reasonable that young men are more likely to answer their calling if they are directly asked to do so, whether it be by the Bishop, a priest, or fellow parishioners. On the other hand, heterodoxy sounds like a perfect recipe for demoralizing those considering or pursuing a vocation, and not surprisingly, it stands to reasons that it would motivate them to question their calling. Kind of Like Elisha en route to his cave, one might want to get out of dodge when heterodoxy or worse is present.