The teaching of philosophy

The establishment of modern seminary institutions was a literal outcome of Roman Catholic reforms of the Counter-Reformation after the Council of Trent. This reform took a firm stand on the enrichment of the instruction of clergy by way of producing seminaries as live-in establishments which would be under the absolute watch of elderly clergy. The founding of secondary seminaries to train young boys for the priesthood followed this original movement. A online accredited degrees pattern named the Tridentine was that of a living in monastic community where lifestyle and entreaty were closely monitored and corrected as a way to reforming pre-Reformation misuses among the clergy. The seminaries were very often in counterpoint to the more loose and liberal life styles of the universities. There was a much greater stress was laid on personalized discipline as well as the teaching of philosophy to groom for theology. Protestant crusaders of the day rejected this approach.

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