Educational institutions of higher
The establishment of modern seminary college establishments was a straight outcome of Roman Catholic reforms of the Counter-Reformation after the Council of Trent which insisted on the improvement of the teaching of clergy by the creation of Seminaries as live-in institutions under the primary control of elder clergy. Since at least the fourth century there have been Seminaries for the education of clergy. The original known group of Seminarians was gathered by St. Basil of Ancyra. The usage devolved out of popular use in the Middle Ages, when all theological training was in religious residencies, and after, in the universities. After the Reformation and the emergence of new denominations, Seminaries once more came into use, particularly in America. The 16th-century Council of Trent dictated Seminaries to be opened in every diocese.In several countries, the term Seminary college is also employed for other educational institutions of higher learning that train teachers. While the responsibility of the teaching Seminaries and religious seminaries is dissimilar, the terminology has not varied. During the Nineteenth century in the USA, Seminaries trained women for the sole socially satisfactory occupation: education. Only single women could be instructors. Many older women’s colleges began as theology seminaries and produced an important corps of educators.