- Trinity College, Glasgow
Trinity College, Glasgow,
Scotland , is an independent part of theUniversity of Glasgow 's School ofDivinity . It provides special supervision of candidates for the ministry through a Principal (appointed by theGeneral Assembly of the Church of Scotland ) and an academic senate. The College is the official channel of liaison between theUniversity of Glasgow , theChurch of Scotland , and theUnited Free Church of Scotland The current Principal is the Reverend Professor
George Newlands and the Clerk Professor W. Ian P. Hazlett.History
The
Disruption of 1843 marked a schism in theChurch of Scotland , resulting in the creation of the Free Church of Scotland. The Free Church established three colleges or seminaries of its own, detached from the universities, for the education of its ministers. As well as its Glasgow college, the other two colleges wereNew College, Edinburgh andChrist's College, Aberdeen .The Glasgow College, funded by local subscription, was established in
1856 . It was a multi-disciplinary institution of considerable reputation, existing outside the University of Glasgow's Faculty of Theology.Later, in
1930 , following the reunion of the churches and theological teaching facilities, the Glasgow Church college was renamed "Trinity College". After the reunion of the main ScottishPresbyterian churches in 1929–30, the two teaching facilities in the University and the Church College were reintegrated. From1976 , when the Church-owned Trinity College buildings at Park Circus, were finally vacated, all teaching of theology took place in the university Divinity Faculty. Accordingly, while Trinity College still exists, it is a body without walls.On 2nd November 2006, Trinity College celebrated its [http://www.religions.divinity.gla.ac.uk/School/trinitycollege150.htm 150th Anniversary] with a gathering of some 250 alumni and friends.
ome notable teachers
Teachers in the pre-1930 College included Archibald B. Bruce, James Denney, Thomas M. Lindsay, George A. Smith, James Moffatt, Henry Drummond, and James Orr. In the modern era, in the reunited faculty, notable teachers have included
John MacQuarrie ,Ronald Gregor Smith , William McKane, William H.C. Frend, Ernest P. Best,William Barclay (theologian) ,John Zizioulas , Robert P. Carroll,Robert Davidson (theologian) andGeorge Newlands .Archives
The archives of Trinity College are maintained by the University of Glasgow Archives Services.
Further reading
* Stewart Mechie, "Trinity College Glasgow 1856–1956", London & Glasgow, 1956.
* W. Ian P Hazlett (ed.), "Traditions of Theology in Glasgow 1450–1990", Edinburgh, 1993.
* D. Wright, "Trinity College Glasgow", in "Dictionary of Scottish Church History & Theology", Edinburgh, 1991.External links
* [http://www.religions.divinity.gla.ac.uk/School/trinitycollege.htm Trinity College, Glasgow]
* [http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/trinity.html Trinity College Library]
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