The creation of Seminaries
April 16, 2010 - 10:59 am
The organisation of contemporary seminary foundations was a direct result of Roman Catholic reforms of the Counter-Reformation after the Council of Trent which asserted on the improvement of the teaching of clergy by the creation of Seminaries as live-in establishments under the primary control of senior clergy. Since at least the 4th century there have been Theology seminaries for the schooling of clergy, Christian Degree .
The first known group of Seminarians was assembled by St. Basil of Ancyra. The term dropped out of common use in the Medieval Ages, when most spiritual schooling was in religious residencies, and afterwards, in the universities.