“C” is for Columbia Theological Seminary

“C” is for Columbia Theological Seminary. An institution of the Presbyterian Church (USA), the seminary was founded in 1828 in Georgia, and moved to Columbia, South Carolina in 1831. Following the model of Andover and Princeton seminaries, a three-year curriculum was organized around the study of the Hebrew and Greek scriptures, church history, and systemic itheology. While Colombia attracted a substantial New England presence in the faculty and student body prior to 1860, the strength of the institution is linked to the South Carolina and Georgia lowcountry. Leading faculty members taught an Old School Calvinism that understood truth to be propositional. In 1928, the school moved to the outskirts of Atlanta. By the end of the 20th century, while remaining deeply Presbyterian in its ethos, Columbia Theological Seminary was broadly ecumenical in its faculty and students.