Knight
Puritan Board Freshman
Some posts in a separate thread reminded me of a question I had about whether, from a moral standpoint, seminaries can be independent institutions or ought to be under the oversight of a church [or Presbytery?]. That is, if seminaries are the means by which men are ordinarily trained to be prepared for ordination in a church, and especially if it is ordinarily expect a man to be so trained in order to be ordained, doesn't it make sense that said training should take place in an institution which itself is under the oversight and authority of a church into which he is seeking to be ordained?
Perhaps I've somehow misframed what I am trying to understand, but I hope the spirit of the question has come across clearly enough.
Perhaps I've somehow misframed what I am trying to understand, but I hope the spirit of the question has come across clearly enough.