Presbyterian Theological College
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| Motto | Doctus in Regno Cœlorum (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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"Trained for the Kingdom of Heaven" |
| Type | Denominational, Christian |
| Established | 1866 |
| Affiliation | Presbyterian Church of Victoria, Presbyterian Church of Australia |
| Principal | Peter Hastie |
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Academic staff
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Peter Hastie, Tony Bird, Jared Hood, Felix Chung |
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Campus | Box Hill, Victoria, Australia |
| Website | ptc.vic.edu.au |
The Presbyterian Theological College is the theological college of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria. It provides theological education for candidates for the ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, as well as for members of other Christian churches. It is an approved teaching institution of the Australian College of Theology and is based in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill.
The Presbyterian Theological College is an Evangelical and Reformed college which teaches in accordance with the standards of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, i.e. "The Supreme Standard is the Word of God which comprises the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. In addition, the Subordinate Standard of the Church is the Westminster Confession of Faith read in the light of the Declaratory Statement of 1901."
PTC traces back its existence to 1866 when the Theological Hall of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria was formed. In 1974, however, the whole staff of the theological hall opted to join with the Uniting Church and the continuing Presbyterian Church of Victoria opened a provisional theological hall in Hawthorn with only a handful of staff and students. It relocated to the top floor of the Assembly Hall building in Melbourne in 1977, and again to the present site in Box Hill in 1986.
The first principal of the newly formed college was the Revd Robert Swanton. He was succeeded by the Revd Allan Harman in 1982 (who served until his retirement in 2001) and then the Revd Douglas Milne until his retirement in 2011. The Revd Peter Hastie was appointed principal for a ten-year term from 2012.
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