Theology seminaries for the training of clergy
June 5th, 2010
The establishment of contemporary seminary institutions was a straight outcome of Roman Catholic reforms of the Counter-Reformation after the Council of Trent which insisted on the betterment of the teaching of clergy by the introduction of Theology seminaries as live-in foundations under the special control of elder clergy. Since at least the 4th century there have been Theology seminaries for the training of clergy, seminary degree . The first known group of Seminarians was got together by St. Basil of Ancyra. The term degenerated out of common use in the Middle Ages, when almost all theological education was in monasteries, and later, in the universities. After the Reformation and the growth of new designations, Theology seminaries again came into use, particularly in the U.S. The 16th-century Council of Trent prescribed Seminaries to be opened in every diocese.
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