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Catholic theology is the understanding of Catholic doctrine or teachings, and results from the studies of theologians. It is based on canonical scripture, and sacred tradition, as interpreted authoritatively by the magisterium of the Catholic Church.
The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world. Typically, their distinguishing beliefs are that of the necessity of baptism for salvation and the prohibition of musical instruments in worship. Many such congregations identify themselves ...
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- 2,000,000 (approx.) worldwide; 1,113,362 in the United States (2020)
- Congregationalist
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Unintimidated by controversy, Chicago Theological Seminary has a record of setting trends in American faith life and leadership for more than a century. In the 1850s and 1860s, CTS founder Stephen Peet was a leader in a new generation of 19th-century American abolitionists no longer content to wait for the end of slavery nor to tolerate those who d...
The original buildings were designed by Herbert Riddle and built between 1923 and 1928. Riddle was the architect for Mather Towerin the Loop, as well as many buildings in New York. The original CTS building complex included stained glass windows, medieval style groin vaulting, furniture, lighting fixtures, ceramic ornament and tile work, and archit...
Accreditation and ordination
The seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and the Higher Learning Commission. In addition to being a seminary of the United Church of Christ, it offers students coursework necessary to be ordained by the Metropolitan Community Church.
Degrees
1. Master of Divinity(M.Div.) 2. Masters of Arts 3. Master of Sacred Theology(S.T.M.) 4. Doctor of Ministry(D.Min.) 5. Doctor of Philosophy(Ph.D.)
Presidents
1. Franklin Fisk (1888–1901), one of the most widely known theologians and educators of the West, according to The New York Times, Yale Universityalumnus and valedictorian, and first president of Chicago Theological Seminary. 2. Joseph H. George (1901–1906) 3. Graham Taylor, interim (1906–1908) 4. Ozora Stearns Davis (1909–1929), prominent Congregationalminister, hymn writer, long-time president of CTS, and biographer of his friend journalist Victor Freemont Lawson. 5. Carl S. Patton, interim...
Notable former faculty
1. Clarence Beckwith—Author, minister, and professor at CTS 2. Anton Boisen—Leading figure in the hospital chaplaincy and clinical pastoral education movements. 3. Clara E. Powell—First female professor at CTS, and English teacher. 4. G. Campbell Morgan—British evangelist, preacher and a leading Bible scholar (D.D., 1902) 5. Graham Taylor—Minister, social reformer, educator and founder of Chicago Commons Settlement House which later became the University of Chicago's School of Social Service...
Notable current faculty
1. Theodore W. Jennings, Jr.—Professor of Biblical and Constructive Theology 2. Ken Stone—Professor of Bible, Culture and Hermeneutics 3. John H. Thomas—Visiting Professor in Church Ministries 4. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite—author, former CTS president, syndicated columnist, ordained minister, activist, theologian, and translator of the Bible 5. Rachel Mikva—Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, director of the Center for Jewish, Christian and Islamic Studies 6. Ram...
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Location. Atlanta. , Georgia. , United States. Website. www.itc.edu. The Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) is a consortium of five predominantly African-American denominational Christian seminaries in Atlanta, Georgia, operating together as a professional graduate school of theology.
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Catholic theology is the understanding of Catholic doctrine or teachings, and results from the studies of theologians. It is based on canonical scripture, and sacred tradition, as interpreted authoritatively by the magisterium of the Catholic Church.
And the Seminary is first of all the house of prayer where the Lord still summons “his own” in “a secluded place” (cf. Lk 9: 18), to have a strong experience of encounter and listening. In ...
(CCC 479) As someone who is blessed to have the opportunity to teach theology to seminarians, religious and lay students in Rome, one of the things that I most love to teach is Christology and soteriology. Christology is, by definition, the study of the person and natures of the Lord Jesus Christ.
