Editing Pope John Paul I (section)

==Ordination and teaching career==

[[Holy Orders|Ordained]] a [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]] on 7 July 1935, Luciani then served as a [[curate]] in his native Forno de Canale before becoming a professor and the vice-rector of the Belluno seminary in 1937.<ref name=vaticanbio /> Among the different subjects, he taught [[Dogmatic theology|dogmatic]] and [[Ethics in religion|moral theology]], [[Canon law (Catholic Church)|canon law]] and [[sacred art]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Paul-I.|title=Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "John Paul I". ''Encyclopedia Britannica''}}</ref>

In 1941, Luciani started to work on a [[Doctorate of Sacred Theology]] from the [[Pontifical Gregorian University]].<ref name=vaticanbio /> This required at least one year's attendance in Rome. However, the Belluno seminary's superiors wanted him to continue teaching during his doctoral studies. The situation was resolved by a special [[Dispensation (Catholic Church)|dispensation]] by [[Pope Pius XII]] on 27 March 1941. His [[thesis]] (''The origin of the human soul according to [[Antonio Rosmini-Serbati|Antonio Rosmini]]'') largely attacked Rosmini's theology and earned him his doctorate ''[[Latin honors|magna cum laude]]'' in 1947.<ref name=vaticanbio />

In 1947, he was named [[Chancellor (ecclesiastical)|chancellor]] to Bishop [[Girolamo Bortignon]] of Belluno,<ref name=vaticanbio /> and was appointed a [[Chaplain of His Holiness|Supernumerary Privy Chamberlain]] of His Holiness, the most junior class of papal prelate, on 15 December.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-40-1948-ocr.pdf |title=SEGRETARIA DI STATO |trans-title=SECRETARIAT OF STATE |journal=Acta Apostolicae Sedis - Commentarium Officiale |department=Diarium Romanae Curiae |date=23 March 1948|volume=XL |issue=3 |page=135 |language=it |access-date=9 July 2022}}</ref> In 1954, he was named the [[vicar general]] for the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Belluno-Feltre|Belluno diocese]].<ref name=vaticanbio /> Luciani was nominated for the position of bishop several times, but he was passed over each time due to his poor health, stature, and resigned appearance. In 1949, he published a book titled ''Catechesis in crumbs''. This book, his first, was about teaching the truths of the faith in a simple way, directly and comprehensible to all people.<ref name="auto"/>