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Union's student body is made up of about 180 students, with 90 students at the Richmond campus and 84 more students at the Charlotte campus. The majority of Union's students come from the Presbyterian tradition, but the seminary draws students from more than 20 Christian denominations, including Baptist, Methodist, Episcopalian, and Reformed.
It was founded in 1836 by members of the Presbyterian Church in the USA, [6] but was open to students of all denominations. In 1893, UTS rescinded the right of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to veto faculty appointments, thus becoming fully independent. In the 20th century, Union became a center of liberal Christianity.
Another important distinction to consider is the historical background of the seminary. Before the reunion of the two branches of the PCUSA in 1983, seminaries were affiliated with either the "Northern" United Presbyterian Church or the "Southern" Presbyterian Church in the United States. Princeton, Pittsburgh, Dubuque, San Francisco, McCormick ...
Articles relating to the ten official seminaries of the Presbyterian Church (USA), that educate men and women for ministry. Enrollment is open to prospective students of all religious denominations .
He also served on the Board of Trustees of Union Presbyterian Seminary, then the Theology department at H–SC from 1838 to 1869. [5] While he was at H–SC, he wrote a two-volume history of Presbyterians in Virginia; Sketches of Virginia, Historical and Biographical (1850) and Sketches of Virginia, Historical and Biographical, Second Series ...
The Old School–New School controversy was a schism of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America that took place in 1837 and lasted for over 20 years. The Old School, led by Charles Hodge of Princeton Theological Seminary, was more conservative theologically and did not support the revival movement.
Charles Augustus Briggs (January 15, 1841 – June 8, 1913 [1]), American Presbyterian (and later Episcopalian) scholar and theologian, was born in New York City, the son of Alanson Briggs and Sarah Mead Berrian. He was excommunicated from the Presbyterian Church for heresy due to his liberal theology regarding the Bible. [2]
He was an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Miller studied at Davidson College, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, and Harvard University. He taught at Union from 1966 to 1984, and at Princeton from 1984 to 2005. [1] Miller served as editor of Theology Today, [2] and, in 1998, as president of the Society of Biblical ...