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Do other editors think that the photos in this article should go? and it was confirm by philip ohide akai akoyo

They seem to not really illuminate the subject and are certainly not representative of what all seminaries look like as they should be per 
the photo policy.
Novaseminary (
talk) 20:05, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
reply

Nobody objected, so I removed the photos. Novaseminary ( talk) 15:59, 2 November 2009 (UTC) reply

It looks like there is a content fork between Divinity school and Seminary. I propose merging what is appropriate from Divinity school into Seminary, recognizing that the entire Divinity school article is unsourced and not very well-developed. Then, Divnity school can be redirected to Seminary. Novaseminary ( talk) 06:54, 9 December 2009 (UTC) reply

It has been several weeks with no objection, so I will redirect Divinity school to Seminary. Novaseminary ( talk) 19:40, 8 January 2010 (UTC) reply

It is usual but not essential for navigation templates (Navboxes) to be added to each of the articles that they list. As it stands, {{ Theology}} is quite wide ranging and includes the topics Seminaries and theological colleges, Resources, Libraries and Practitioners. As a consequence it was added to this article. Another editor has objected and removed it. Is this the consensus? -Arb. ( talk) 21:53, 29 January 2010 (UTC) reply

The same editor also removed Category:Theology. Again, is this the consensus? Bear in mind that Theological college redirects to Seminary. -Arb. ( talk) 21:56, 29 January 2010 (UTC) reply

My thinking was that the navbox obviously deals with theological issues. Seminaries (or theological colleges, theological seminaries, or any related varients) generally are not themselves a theological issue. Seminaries teach theology to be sure, but also several other subjects. We don't include philosophy, social science, or history navboxes in the seminary article. Maybe we should, but it would seem awkward. NI addition, it doesn't seem to me that the Theology Navbox would be terribly useful attached to this article. This is not the place to debate the merits of the new navbox, but it seems rather unwieldy to me. I do see how a more streamlined navbox might be useful in allowing one to move easily from one truly theological issue to another, so I do think creating the navbox was a good idea.

I don't have terribly strong feelings about this. I propose that if an editor (preferably one who has worked or is willing to work to cleanup the seminary article!) other than either of us replaces the navbox, that is more than good enough consensus for me at this point.

I took out the theology category for a similar reason. Further, though not a distinguished subcategory of Category:Theology, Category:Seminaries and theological colleges is a subcategory nonetheless (somewhat weaknening my navbox argument, I admit). Thus, anyone looking to Category:Theology for a wikilink to a seminary would encounter the seminary subcategory almost immediately.

Novaseminary ( talk) 22:38, 29 January 2010 (UTC) reply

This article focuses on Catholic seminaries. While the creation of the theological seminary can arguably be traced to the Council of Trent and Counter Reformation Catholicism, its use in the United States began with secular and Protestant high schools. It then began to be adopted in the early nineteenth century by independent graduate schools of theology to train Protestant ministers. It is unlikely that they were aware of the word's connection to the Council of Trent - or that they would feel that the term was 'invented' by the Counter Reformation. The term is now used widely and is not restricted to a denomination or religion. The article should be expanded. -- IACOBVS ( talk) 16:00, 19 August 2020 (UTC) reply

As it stands this article makes it sound like seminaries originate in the USA. Aside from mentioning the term originates with the Council of Trent, all description of the operation of seminaries relates to those in America and an American sponsored seminary in Rome. This article really needs more about the development of seminaries - perhaps how they differ from prior methods of religious training - and their spread around the world. Also needed is inclusion of seminaries from more denominations, Eastern Orthodox seminaries exist for instance, and religions, a quick Google turns up Buddhist and Jewish seminaries. Cheers IrishStephen ( talk) 15:33, 12 June 2022 (UTC) reply