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The formation period for the priesthood is I believe a minimum of five to seven years. Only part of it is academic. If you need to find an easy way to do things, the priesthood is not for you. You will need to understand the bible inside an out and be able to explain it to others, you will need to be able to do all the non-instructional work priests do as well such as caring for the ill, the broken and to call sinners to repent and be saved. Only bishops can ordain. Some of the more rigorous programs require that you read the scriptures in their original languages. You will of course already have to have a bachelor's degree first and you will probably be required to have a second master's degree. A prior priest I had was both a metallurgist and a sociologist in addition to his theology degree. I believe some programs permit people with a bachelor's degree to be ordained, but I don't think so.
Besides, a secular university's theology program won't help, theology is applied and most academic programs are not divinity programs but generic religious studies programs. That will not help you on a job that pays as little as the priesthood pays. It is well below minimum wage. You are going to need skills to survive that.
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