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It’s time to rethink our assumptions about where theological education happens

By TylerR on Mon, 02/11/19
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Seminary
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Christian Century: Until 1565, the local church was also the seminary.

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Bert Perry

NewMight come as a surprise...

Mon, 02/11/19

….to Martin Luther, who was ordained a professor of theology at the University of Wittenberg in 1508. Elsewhere in Germany, Heidelberg was their first university (complete with theology instruction) in 1386, and here’s a list of other early European universities.

There are great reasons to debate where theological instruction ought to occur—university, seminary, church, etc..—but this article does the debate no favors by ignoring a huge factor in theological training.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

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