During this time he was also a lecturer in pastoral theology at his old university.
In pastoral theology the 'living document' refers to an individual person.
During that same year, he began a year's study of pastoral theology at Berkeley in California.
The tendency, therefore, was to replace pastoral theology with legal interpretation and administration, as the chief preoccupation of the Church.
His academic work focused mainly on the study of pastoral theology, liturgy and ecclesiastical architecture.
He spent one year teaching pastoral theology at Nashotah House.
He then move out of the city, and from 1834 to 1837 was professor of pastoral theology at Auburn.
He continued with a master's degree in pastoral theology.
He has written a number of books on pastoral theology, Christian ethics and biblical studies.
Later he also taught pastoral theology, and 1822-24 acted as prefect of the lyceum.