Establishment of modern seminary institutions
Seminaries today offer a great variety of programmes and formats for students who are not intending to get into regular online seminary ministry. theological college teaching has become democratized. There are online courses of study, weekend classes, and cohort-based degrees. There are new programmes designed for scholars who will not enter established professions like the pastorate upon commencement. And there are other colleges and other nontraditional settings that allow students to go to theological college without having to travel or to change their life-style.The establishment of modern seminary institutions was a direct result of Roman Catholic reforms of the Counter-Reformation after the Council of Trent which asserted on the betterment of the education of clergy by the creation of Seminaries as live-in establishments under the direct control of elder clergy. Since at least the fourth century there have been Seminaries for the education of clergy.