Free Church College, Glasgow
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| Type | Theological College |
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| Established | 1856 |
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Church of Scotland |
| Principal | Rev Dr. Doug Gay |
| Location |
Glasgow, Scotland 55°52′19″N 4°17′17″W / 55.872°N 4.288°WCoordinates: 55°52′19″N 4°17′17″W / 55.872°N 4.288°W |
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| Affiliations | Faculty of Divinity, University of Glasgow |
| Website | Trinity College |
Trinity College, Glasgow, Scotland, is the Church of Scotland's College at the University of Glasgow. It provides special supervision of candidates for the ministry through a Principal (appointed by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland) and a College Council. The College is the official channel of liaison between the University of Glasgow, the Church of Scotland, and the United Free Church of Scotland
The current Principal is Rev Dr. Doug Gay.
The Disruption of 1843 marked a schism in the Church of Scotland, resulting in the creation of the Free Church of Scotland. The Free Church established three colleges or seminaries of its own, detached from the universities, for the education of its ministers. As well as its Glasgow college, the other two colleges were New College, Edinburgh and Christ's College, Aberdeen.
The Glasgow College, funded by local subscription, was established in 1856. It was a multi-disciplinary institution of considerable reputation, existing outside the University of Glasgow's Faculty of Divinity. In 1872 Thomas Martin Lindsay was appointed Professor of church history, and he became principal of the college in 1902.
Later, in 1930, following the reunion of the churches and theological teaching facilities, the Glasgow Church college was renamed "Trinity College". After the reunion of the main Scottish Presbyterian churches in 1929–30, the two teaching facilities in the University and the Church College were reintegrated. After 1976, when the Church-owned Trinity College buildings at Park Circus were finally vacated, all teaching of theology took place in the university Divinity Faculty. Accordingly, while Trinity College still exists, it is a body without walls.
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