tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9387707.post2143100964055687234..comments2024-01-05T13:36:55.379-06:00Comments on Two-Edged Sword: Princeton - 200 years laterLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10422257306176024118noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9387707.post-57738217184734852552012-02-11T10:28:06.135-06:002012-02-11T10:28:06.135-06:00The pre-Princeton, American model was an historica...The pre-Princeton, American model was an historical anomaly, an ad hoc solution to a practical problem: no schools. <br /><br />Prior to the American colonial experiment, Reformed pastors had ordinarily been educated in universities (Leiden, Heidelberg, the Genevan Academy) and that followed the establishment of the great European universities in the high and late middle ages. Before that pastors were trained in cathedral (regional) schools and before that in catechetical schools. <br /><br />Historically, the norm has been that pastors became scholars in the academy or did both simultaneously (e.g., Calvin and Turretin). That still happens. Compared with the older European schools Princeton Seminary was probably a little unusual in hiring scholars without pastoral experience. We should not ignore, however, the fact that the Princeton men were churchmen and preachers during their time at Princeton. It was not as if they were isolated from the practical life of the church.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com