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 A foundational area of study in the early days of Trinity College, the Theology Department is one of the College's oldest departments.  A foundational area of study in the early days of Trinity College, the Theology Department is one of the College's oldest departments. 
  
-In the establishment of [[washington_college|Washington College]] (now Trinity College), theology was considered one of the core subjects, particularly as the founders of the College modeled the new school after the European style of teaching. Even the College's first president, [[brownell_thomas_church|Thomas Church Brownell]], was a professor of Theology. In 1839, a survey of alumni revealed that 55 out of 140 were clergymen or theology students. A Dean of Theology was also part of the College's administration, the first of whom was the Reverend Dr. Thomas Winthrop Coit. +In the establishment of [[washington_college|Washington College]] (now Trinity College), theology was considered one of the core subjects, particularly as the founders of the College modeled the new school after the European style of teaching. Even the College's first [[presidents|president]], [[brownell_thomas_church|Thomas Church Brownell]], was a professor of Theology. In 1839, a survey of alumni revealed that 55 out of 140 were clergymen or theology students. A Dean of Theology was also part of the College's administration, the first of whom was the Reverend Dr. Thomas Winthrop Coit. 
  
 The importance of theology at the College was not only for academic or moral pursuit but to compare itself with its nearby rival, Yale College, which was a Congregational institution. [[wheaton_nathaniel_s|Nathaniel Wheaton]], defending against claims that the College was simply "an instrument of [Episcopal] Proselytism," pointed out that the College lacked a theology professor, compared to Yale's three theologians in the classroom.  However, Wheaton could only indicate one faculty member and only a mere fourth of the [[trustees|Trustees]] who were //not// from the [[episcopal|Episcopal]] Church, hardly disproving the idea that sectarian theology mattered at Washington College. For a time, expanding the College into a university with a School of Theology was considered, but ultimately the idea did not take hold.  The importance of theology at the College was not only for academic or moral pursuit but to compare itself with its nearby rival, Yale College, which was a Congregational institution. [[wheaton_nathaniel_s|Nathaniel Wheaton]], defending against claims that the College was simply "an instrument of [Episcopal] Proselytism," pointed out that the College lacked a theology professor, compared to Yale's three theologians in the classroom.  However, Wheaton could only indicate one faculty member and only a mere fourth of the [[trustees|Trustees]] who were //not// from the [[episcopal|Episcopal]] Church, hardly disproving the idea that sectarian theology mattered at Washington College. For a time, expanding the College into a university with a School of Theology was considered, but ultimately the idea did not take hold. 
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