Editing Seminary (section)

==History==
The establishment of seminaries in modern times resulted from Roman Catholic reforms of the [[Counter-Reformation]] after the [[Council of Trent]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor-last = Glazier | editor-first = Michael | editor2-last = Hellwig | editor2-first = Monika | title = Ecumenical Councils to Trent | encyclopedia = The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia | location = Collegeville, Michigan | publisher = Liturgical Press | year = 2004 | page = 263 | isbn = 978-0-8146-5962-5}}</ref> These Tridentine seminaries placed great emphasis on spiritual formation and personal discipline as well as the study, first of philosophy as a base, and, then, as the final crown, theology.<ref>{{cite book | last = Rose | first = Michael S. | title = Goodbye, Good Men | publisher = Regnery Publishing | year = 2002 | pages = 217–25 | isbn = 0-89526-144-8}}</ref> The oldest Catholic seminary in the United States is [[St. Mary's Seminary and University]] in [[Baltimore]] founded in 1791.<ref>{{cite web |title=History and Mission: America's First Seminary |url=http://www.stmarys.edu/seminary/about-us/history-mission/ |website=St. Mary's Seminary and University |access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref> In the United States, Protestant institutions also widely adopted the term 'seminary' for independent graduate schools (separate from a university) to train their ministers. The oldest such Protestant seminary in the United States was founded in [[Andover, Massachusetts]], in 1807 as the [[Andover Theological Seminary]] and was affiliated with the [[Congregationalism in the United States|Congregationalist Church]]. After two mergers and a number of relocations, Andover is now part of the [[Yale Divinity School]], in [[New Haven, Connecticut]].