- Wycliffe College
Infobox UofT College
name = Wycliffe College
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motto = Verbum Domini Manet
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established = 1877
federated =
faculty = Theology
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college_type = Federated [http://www.utoronto.ca/govcncl/pap/policies/uoftact.html University of Toronto Act, 1971] ]
religion = Anglican
sg_area = Central
president =
chancellor =
principal = The Rev. Dr George Sumner
provost =
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endowment =
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subway = Museum
Queen's Park
routes = 94 Wellesley
street = 5 Hoskin Ave
city = Toronto
affiliations = ATS
website = wycliffecollege.ca|Wycliffe College is an
Anglican Church of Canada seminary at theUniversity of Toronto . It is evangelical andLow church in orientation. On the other hand, the University of Toronto's other Anglican college, theUniversity of Trinity College is Anglo-Catholic in outlook and is a federated university.History
The Anglican seminary was founded in
1877 as the "Protestant Episcopal Divinity School", by the Church Association of theDiocese of Toronto , a lay Evangelical group at the Cathedral Church of St. James. The Association had been formed in 1873 after a group of clergy in the diocesan synod attempted to exclude Evangelicals from important diocesan positions. The name "Wycliffe College", inspired by the English theologianJohn Wycliffe , was given first to the college's building and then to the college itself.To ensure its long-term viability, Wycliffe College began considering various forms of union with the
University of Toronto towards the end of the 19th century. Wycliffe College became affiliated with the University of Toronto in 1885 and federated in 1889. Thereby, Wycliffe College gave up the right to confer all save theology and divinity degrees. [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008260 ]In 1969 the Toronto School of Theology (TST) was created as an independent federation of 7 schools of theology, including the divinity faculties of Wycliffe college. Within its own federation, U of T granted all but theology or divinity degrees. Since 1978, by virtue of a change made in its charter, the university of Toronto has granted theology degrees conjointly with Wycliffe College and other TST's member institutions.
Academics
The college was accredited by
Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada in 1978. [http://www.ats.edu/member_schools/wycliffe.asp] It currently has 8 full time faculty and 11 part time. [http://www.ats.edu/member_schools/wycliffe.asp] It is allowed to award the following degrees:*
Master of Divinity
*Master of Religion
*Master of Theological Studies
*Doctor of Ministry
*Master of Theology andDoctor of Theology In addition, students may study for the
PhD in Theology, which is awarded by theUniversity of St. Michael's College . Diploma programmes are offered in Lay Ministry and Christian Studies. A Certificate in Anglican Studies is available for candidates for the Anglican priesthood and vocational diaconate who hold an MDiv from a non-Anglican seminary.Alumni
*
Dorian Baxter
*Eleanor Clitheroe-Bell
*James Ferry
*Tom Harpur
*Reginald Stackhouse
*Byron Edmund Walker Past professors
*Jakób Jocz of Lithuanian birth and an influential writer
*Donald Coggan Archbishop of Canterbury 1974-1980Institute of Evangelism
The Wycliffe College Institute of Evangelism provides a wealth of resources - teachers and practitioners of evangelism, print and A/V materials, conferences and seminars - to help nurture and grow evangelizing commuunities. Mission of the Institute of Evangelism is to "encourage and equip the church for the work of evangelism, empowering it to engage in this ministry confidently, joyfully and expectantly." The director of the Institute is Prof. John Bowen.
ee also
Books
* Arnold Edinborough, ed. 'The Enduring Word: A Centennial History of Wycliffe College' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978)
* Martin L. Friedland 'The University of Toronto: A History' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press © 2002)
* Dyson Hague et al. 'The Jubilee Volume of Wycliffe College 1877-1927' (Toronto: Wycliffe College, 1927)
* Robin Harris 'A History of University of Toronto' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press © 1970)
* Rick Helmes-Hayes 'Forty Years, 1963-2003: A History of the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto.' (Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 2003, 215 pp.)
* Professor Brian McKillop, 'Matters of Mind: The University in Ontario, 1791-1951' (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press ©1951)
* Marian Packham '100 Years of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto: An Illustrated History' 1908-2008, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press © 2008)
* Dr. Brian J. Fraser "Church, College, and Clergy: a History of Theological Education at Knox College Toronto 1844-1994" (Toronto: University of Toronto Press © 1994)References
External links
* [http://www.wycliffecollege.ca/ Wycliffe College website]
* [http://institute.wycliffecollege.ca/ Wycliffe College Institute of Evangelism website]
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