A lack of teachers of certain theological subjects showed at the Faculty of Theology in Ljubljana in the early seventies. Because of the impossibility to specialise abroad in the previous years, a regular change of generations was not possible. A particular lack of teachers was felt by the Biblical sciences since specialisation in that field was possible only in specialised schools and institutes outside Slovenia. In order to cope with the question, the Grand Chancellor Archbishop Jožef Pogačnik, the leadership of the Faculty, and different teachers suggested inviting, at least temporarily, as teachers well-known Slovenian Biblical scholars from abroad. The political situation was not in favour of such a solution and it prevented obtaining the necessary permissions. Therefore, two known biblicists of the Slovenian background teaching in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Jože Plevnik and Alojzij M. Ambrožič, did not become Faculty members.
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