"Our inspiration is St Paul whose letters distinguish the missionary priest like Paul himself who founds communities from priests like the presbyters at Corinth who are in charge of a community and preside over the Eucharist. Hence our names for the two types: Pauline priests and Corinthian priests. According to our conception Pauline priests should continue to come from the ranks of celibate academically trained men (although many of the Catholic faithful will feel that at some future time "and women" will be added here). They will usually be full-timers responsible for founding new communities and for training the Corinthian priests whom they will accompany."

"Corinthian priests on the other hand will usually be part-time ordained on a voluntary basis for a particular community where they will work as a team and where instead of in a residential seminary they will receive their initial and later formation. Long active experience in their parishes will have distinguished them as "proven" community leaders ... - 'viri probati' ... "

"A young person wanting to serve the Church would have a clear choice between becoming a full-time celibate Pauline priest or becoming an active member of his parish while pursuing a worldly profession with the prospect of perhaps being asked to become a Corinthian priest after years of devoted service."

"Of course if viri probati were to fill the positions left vacant by the shortage of priests they could hinder parish renewal as much as could ... lay employees. Corinthian priests should therefore only be introduced in active mature communities. One of the main tasks of Pauline priests would be to promote church renewal in the more passive communities until they too were mature enough to choose leaders from their own communities who would then be ordained as Corinthian priests. "