All the barbes were able to read and write, and their training, which took up to six years, was Bible - oriented. Using the Bible in the vernacular helped them to explain it to their flocks.
सर्व बार्ब्सना लिहिता वाचता येत होते आणि त्यांचे सहा वर्षांपर्यंत चालेले प्रशिक्षण बायबलवर आधारित होते.