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Professional items | World psychology | A seminary, theological
college, or divinity school is a specialized and often live-in
higher education institution for the purpose of instructing
students (seminarians) in philosophy, theology, spirituality and
the religious life, usually in order to prepare them to become
members of the clergy. The English word is taken from the Latin
seminarium, translated as seed-bed. In the Occident, the term
historically refers to Christian educational institutes for
clergy (mostly Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Anglican, as
many Protestant denominations preferred another term for their
theological colleges). History of SeminariesEdit The
establishment of modern seminary institutions was a direct
result of Roman Catholic reforms of the Counter-Reformation
after the Council of Trent which insisted on the improvement of
the education of clergy through the creation of seminaries as
live-in institutions under the direc