A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, in academics, or mostly in Christian ministry. The English word is taken from the Latin seminarium, translated as seed-bed, an image taken …

The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is a Baptist theological institute in Fort Worth, Texas.It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.It was established in 1908 and is one of the largest seminaries in the world. It is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission …

The Grosse Fuge (German spelling: Große Fuge, also known in English as the Great Fugue or Grand Fugue), Op. 133, is a single-movement composition for string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven.An immense double fugue, it was universally condemned by contemporary music critics.A reviewer writing for the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung in 1826 described the fugue …

Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller (German: [ˈmaʁtiːn ˈniːmœlɐ] (); 14 January 1892 – 6 March 1984) was a German theologian and Lutheran pastor. He is best known for his opposition to the Nazi regime during the late 1930s and for his widely quoted 1946 poem "First they came ...The poem exists in many versions; the one featured on the United States Holocaust …

History. Westminster originated in 1951 as a reorganization of Atlanta's North Avenue Presbyterian School (NAPS), a girls' school and an affiliate of the North Avenue Presbyterian Church.Dr. William L. Pressly of Chattanooga, Tennessee's McCallie School served as Westminster's first president. The school moved to its current campus in 1953 as the result of a …

In 2003, the Ontario Legislature authorized Tyndale to change its name to Tyndale University College and Seminary.Tyndale was also given the right to confer the Bachelor of Arts degree in the humanities, social sciences and business, as well as undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level degrees in religion, theology, and divinity. On December 5, 2007, Tyndale was given …

Rogation days are days of prayer and fasting in Western Christianity.They are observed with processions and the Litany of the Saints.The so-called major rogation is held on 25 April; the minor rogations are held on Monday to Wednesday preceding Ascension Thursday. The word rogation comes from the Latin verb rogare, meaning "to ask", which reflects the beseeching of …

Pentarchy (from the Greek Πενταρχία, Pentarchía, from πέντε pénte, "five", and ἄρχειν archein, "to rule") is a model of Church organization formulated in the laws of Emperor Justinian I (527–565) of the Roman Empire.In this model, the Christian church is governed by the heads of the five major episcopal sees of the Roman Empire: Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria ...

Charles Rozell Swindoll / ˈ s w ɪ n ˌ d ɒ l / (born October 18, 1934) is an evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator, and radio preacher. He founded Insight for Living, headquartered in Frisco, Texas, which airs a radio program of the same name on more than 2,000 stations around the world in 15 languages.He is currently senior pastor at Stonebriar Community Church, in …

The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada.Originally controlled by the Church of England, the university assumed its present name in 1850 upon …