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==Religious study at Oxford==

==Religious study at Oxford==

One of the oldest faculties in the University is the Faculty of [[Theology]], and one of the first courses of lectures given at Oxford was in Theology, over eight centuries ago. Alexander Neckham, from St Albans, is recorded as giving  [[Bible|biblical]] and [[moral]] lectures as early as 1193, on The Psalms of David and the Wisdom of Solomon. One of the first major University buildings was the Divinity School, which was begun in 1423 to cater for theology lectures.<ref>Faculty of Theology [http://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/ University of Oxford]</ref> A "permanent private hall" is a religious hall, run by a particular [[Christian]] Order, which has been licensed by Oxford University to matriculate students and enter them for University degrees. Blackfriars Hall is one of six permanent private halls within the University, and is run by the English Province of the [[Dominican]] Order, a [[religious]] order of the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic Church]]. The Professorship of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University comes with a Canonry of Christ Church, and the post holder must therefore be ordained, or prepared to become so. The Professorship involves teaching Christian Ethics, Ascetic and Mystical Theology and study of the types of Christian experience. Jesus College was founded in 1571 and intended for the education of future clergymen. The 1571 charter stated that it would be a "college of learning in the sciences of philosophy, the moral arts, and knowledge of the Hebrew, Greek and Latin languages, with the eventual aim of professing sacred Theology".

One of the oldest faculties in the University is the Faculty of [[Theology]], and one of the first courses of lectures given at Oxford was in Theology, over eight centuries ago. Alexander Neckham, from St Albans, is recorded as giving  [[Bible|biblical]] and [[moral]] lectures as early as 1193, on The Psalms of David and the Wisdom of Solomon. One of the first major University buildings was the Divinity School, which was begun in 1423 to cater for theology lectures.<ref>Faculty of Theology [http://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/ University of Oxford]</ref> A "permanent private hall" is a religious hall, run by a particular [[Christian]] Order, which has been licensed by Oxford University to matriculate students and enter them for University degrees. Blackfriars Hall is one of six permanent private halls within the University, and is run by the English Province of the [[Dominican]] Order, a [[religious]] order of the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic Church]]. The Professorship of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University comes with a Canonry of Christ Church, and the post holder must therefore be ordained, or prepared to become so. The Professorship involves teaching Christian Ethics, Ascetic and Mystical Theology and study of the types of Christian experience.  

 

Jesus College was founded in 1571 and intended, like many other colleges, for the education of future clergymen. The 1571 charter stated that it would be a "college of learning in the sciences of philosophy, the moral arts, and knowledge of the Hebrew, Greek and Latin languages, with the eventual aim of professing sacred Theology". However, in common with most other Oxford colleges, it is now essentially a secular academic community that prepares students of any faith or none for all walks of life.

[[Image:Jesus College.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Jesus College, Oxford]]

[[Image:Jesus College.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Jesus College, Oxford]]

==List of colleges and Permanent Private Halls==

==List of colleges and Permanent Private Halls==