Theological education and ministerial training for the ordained ministry of the Church of England, 1800-1850
There were no establishments of higher education in England and Wales in 1800 where an Anglican ordinand could receive a professional training to prepare him for his future parochial ministry, Most men who took Holy Orders in the Church of England had no more theological education than any other graduate of the two English universities. If the candidate had been educated at Oxford, his degree was largely in classical studies, if at Cambridge in mathematics. By 1850 the situation had changed radically. In response to mounting criticism there had been some modest reforms in the two ancient universities, most notably the establishment at Oxford in 1842 of two new regius professorships in Pastoral Theology and Ecclesiastical History , and at Cambridge the introduction of the Voluntary Theological Examination in 1843. More importantly nine new institutions of higher education which catered for Anglican ordinands had been founded. These were: 1817 St Bees Clerical Institution 1825 C.M.S. Institution, Islington 1827 St David's College, Lampeter 1831 King's College, London 1833 Durham University 1839 Chichester Diocesan Theological College 1840 Wells Diocesan Theological College 1847 St Aidan's College, Birkenhead
Park, Trevor
Philosophy
Theological education and ministerial training for the ordained ministry of the Church of England, 1800-1850. There were no establishments of higher education in England and Wales in 1800 where an Anglican ordinand could receive a professional training to prepare him for his future parochial ministry, Most men who took Holy Orders in the Church of England had no more theological education than any other graduate of the two English universities. If the candidate had been educated at Oxford, his degree was largely in classical studies, if at Cambridge in mathematics. By 1850 the situation had changed radically. In response to mounting criticism there had been some modest reforms in the two ancient universities, most notably the establishment at Oxford in 1842 of two new regius professorships in Pastoral Theology and Ecclesiastical History , and at Cambridge the introduction of the Voluntary Theological Examination in 1843. More importantly nine new institutions of higher education which catered for Anglican ordinands had been founded. These were: 1817 St Bees Clerical Institution 1825 C.M.S. Institution, Islington 1827 St David's College, Lampeter 1831 King's College, London 1833 Durham University 1839 Chichester Diocesan Theological College 1840 Wells Diocesan Theological College 1847 St Aidan's College, Birkenhead
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