Let us say something about the state of churches in the context of this analogy. Imagine a picture when the teacher fell ill and did not come to the lesson, and since other teachers were busy, they asked the steward to look after the students, so they sat quietly, did not misbehave, did not run in the corridors during the lesson. Since the teacher was sick for a long time, the steward, despite his work, “replaced” (watched over discipline in the class during the lesson) this sick teacher in his lessons… But since the steward sat at the teacher’s desk, he was addressed formally, and he was given the authority to maintain discipline, over time, the children forgot that the teacher was absent (sick) and began to perceive the steward as a teacher. The steward also got into the excitement – he liked to bear the title of a teacher (unlike some ordinary working steward) – he himself began to present himself as a teacher and demand honors as a teacher… When the steward “teaches” (“lectures”) only one lesson – this is a small trouble because students have the opportunity to discern (listening to the lectures of real, diplomaed teachers) the impostor and realize that they need precisely a teacher in this subject, and eventually will demand him from the school director, or even from the Minister of Education! But when the steward “replaces” all teachers, “lectures” all subjects – this is already a disaster! Trouble when students never studied under Teachers, and except for the steward, they did not communicate with anyone regarding science, they have no one to compare this impostor with to detect deception (and the steward (who is not a Christian) recommends books that were written by the same stewards (who did not receive the Holy Spirit – that is, pagans in cassocks) or pagans with certificates of Christians (baptism certificate), but not the writings of Spirit-bearers (apostles and apostolic men, prophets, teachers; Holy Fathers and Mothers) or true stewards (or catechumens), who know the truth about themselves, who they are (just ordinary working stewards, and not: the most holy and the holiest lords) and tell the faithful (students of Christ, more precisely, the catechumens, because Christians are led and taught by the Holy Spirit) the truth).
Blessed is the school (parish), in which the steward (presbyter, bishop) is a teacher, professor (honored educator, scientific advisor, who prepared the winners of international olympiads in various (or at least one) subjects and fields of science (mathematics, physics, biology…) (gave saints to the world, being a Spirit-bearing elder, Spiritual mentor-teacher), a scientist, an inventor who foresees the laws of nature (reality) and “gives” (announces their existence) them to the world (prophet, elder, who knows the will of God, receives revelations of heavenly mysteries, knows the laws of spiritual life and announces them to people…).
And now, judge for yourself what kind of fruits a school can produce where all the lessons are taught by the custodian (who only ensures that the students do not misbehave and sit quietly (do not talk in the church during services, wear headscarves, skirts, etc.); it is good when the custodian takes and tells something instructive or reads something (from the Holy Fathers and modern teachers – see, for example, “Friends-Advisers”). But how will the custodian explain mathematics or physics when he can barely count to ten (not to mention the multiplication table)? And he does not read very well either – he struggles to read what is written in the books (textbooks) and to convey the form correctly! And if the custodian is an immoral person, a thief, a fornicator, a Satanist, a heretic?! Woe to those children who have him as their teacher! Woe to them because they not only gain nothing good but instead become more corrupt, more ignorant (from the word – education, light), and more depraved, and end up with “negative” results!
Woe to the church where a Teacher and Prophet cannot be found even with a spotlight in broad daylight! And double woe – the custodian has begun to call himself a teacher (elder-prophet) because he sits at the teacher’s desk (at the pulpit or on…), and conducts the lesson as a teacher, that is, he keeps the students in the classroom from bell to bell. And an even greater misfortune is when custodians began to present themselves as inventors, scientists, connoisseurs of the laws of the Universe, arguing (or showing) this by the fact that they ensure children do not break anything in the laboratory (classroom), do not touch anything – priests called themselves scientists (theologians), that is, prophets-elders (who know the will of God, the laws of spiritual life)!?
Whoever has ears to hear, let them see what the Holy Spirit testifies about the state of the churches (schools of catechumens)!
Now you understand why there is no catechism in the church, the institute of catechumens (about which we often talk-shout). There is no catechism because there are no teachers, only custodians who have forgotten that they are just ordinary workers, custodians who started calling themselves teachers, prophets, apostles (apostolic successors!?) – this is a double misfortune! Because if the custodian were truthful and told the children in the school that he is only a custodian (and not a teacher, not an elder-prophet; and in the lesson, he is not in the custodian’s uniform, but like a teacher (in a suit, with a tie…), because he was asked yesterday to come as a substitute). So he is only dressed like a teacher and behaves like a teacher, but he does not have the gift of the Holy Spirit for teaching-prophecy (he did not acquire it through the labors of repentance (did not study at the University – the parish Eucharistic life!)). Then the students would not be deceived and would look for a School (Eucharistic parish), or strive to restore the normal learning process in the school (that is, for the parish to start becoming a parish, a Eucharist).