Wycliffe College

For the English public school see Wycliffe College (Gloucestershire).

Wycliffe College is an Anglican Church of Canada seminary at the University of Toronto. It is evangelical and Low church in orientation. On the other hand, the University of Toronto's other Anglican college, the University of Trinity College is Anglo-Catholic in outlook and is a federated university.

The seminary was founded in 1877 as the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School, by Church Association of the Diocese 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 theologian John Wycliffe, was given first to the college's building and then to the college itself.

Academics

The college was accredited by Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada in 1978.[1] It currently has 8 full time faculty and 11 part time.[2] It is allowed to award the following degrees:
*Master of Divinity
*Master of Religion
*Master of Theological Studies
*Doctor of Ministry
*Master of Theology and Doctor of Theology

In addition, students may study for the PhD in Theology, which is awarded by the University 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.

Past professors

*Jakób Jocz of Lithuanian birth and an influential writer

External links

*Wycliffe College website
*Ontario Plaques - Wycliffe College