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Many older women’s colleges started as seminaries
July 27th, 2009 by admin
After Reformation and the growth of new denominations, Seminaries again came into use, especially in the USA. The 16th-century Council of Trent dictated Theology online seminary to be opened up in every diocese.In some areas, the term theological college is also applied for secular schools of higher education that instruct teachers. While the responsibility of the teaching Seminaries and theology seminaries is different, the nomenclature has not changed. In the Nineteenth century in the USA, Theology seminaries prepared women for the sole socially satisfactory job: teaching. Only single women could be instructors. Many older women’s colleges started as seminaries and produced an crucial corps of educators.
