This document outlines the education system and role of priests in 17th century Denmark. It describes the different levels of schooling from primary to higher academy and references a 1699 notification on the priesthood. The notification states that the purpose of being a priest is self-evident and needs no articulation beyond worship and sacraments. However, the designation of a priest and Christian revelation are not self-evident, so priests must act as teachers to explain them. Priests do not operate within a homogeneous imperial space but within the borders of their specific confession, making their influence limited compared to secular domains. Priests cannot rely on unanimous belief within their confessional body and must work individually to maintain each person's loyalty.

7. Higher school
(academy)
Primary school
Middle school
(seminary)

13. “The Normative notification” (1699)

21. 0. The purpose of the priesthood is self-evident; there is no need to articulate it
or to expend it besides the worship and sacrament.
1. The designation of a priest and of a sacrament, and of the Christian
revelation is not the self-evident and thus presupposes the priest to act as a
speaker or teacher
2. A priest acts not within the homogenous space of the Empire, but the
importance of his action is limited by the borders of the confession (that is
opposite to the secular domain)
3. The priest cannot rely on the confessional body as a homogenous space
where his beliefs are everywhere shared. He must work individually within a
visible community to maintain the individual’s loyalty.