c. For Probationary Students. The subjects under section a, with The Gospel according to St. Luke. III. FOR THE LICENCE IN THEOLOGY. (June and December, 1879). a. Pass. The Gospels of St. Mark and St. John, and the Acts of the Apostles, in Greek. The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Galatians, Colossians, Philemon, and St. James, in Greek. Ecclesiastical History to A.D. 451. The History of the Church of England, A.D. 1509– 1688. The Prayer Book and Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England. Biblical Criticism and Interpretation (Optional). b. Honours. The above subjects, with the addition of The Second Epistle to the Corinthians, in Greek. Hebrew Grammar, and some portions of Scripture, fixed by the Hebrew Lecturer. Cyril's Catechetics (half). Eusebius, Book iv. Augustine's De Doctrina Christiana. Hooker's Eccl. Pol. i. and v. Ranke's History of the Popes. The following will be the subjects current in October, 1880, and January, 1881: I. FOR ADMISSION. a. As Ordinary Students. The Elements of Latin Grammar, with translation of Latin sentences. The Gospel according to St. Matthew, in Greek. Scripture History to the end of the Reign of Solomon. b. For Scholarships and Exhibitions. The above subjects, with the addition of The Gospel according to St. Luke, in Greek. Scripture History to the end of the Old Testament. Cicero, De Officiis, libb. i., ii., iii. II. AT THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR. a. For Students not Candidates for Exhibitions. Cicero, De Officiis, libb. i., ii. The Gospels according to St. Matthew and St. Luke, and the Acts of the Apostles, in Greek. The Epistle to the Romans, in Greek. Scripture History. Euclid i., ii., or Butler's Sermons i., ii., iii., with the Preface, and Analogy, Part i., ch. iii. b. For Scholarships and Exhibitions. The above subjects, with the addition of Cicero, De Officiis, lib. iii. The Epistle to the Ephesians. c. For Probationary Students. The subjects under section a, with The Gospel according to St. John. III. FOR THE LICENCE IN THEOLOGY. (June and December, 1880). a. Pass. The Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke, and the Acts of the Apostles, in Greek. The Epistles to the Romans, Ephesians, Philippians, and 1st Peter, in Greek. Ecclesiastical History to A.D. 451. The History of the Church of England: the 7th b. Honours. The above subjects, with the addition of The Epistle to the Hebrews, in Greek. Hebrew Grammar; Gen. xxxvii., and xxxix. to xlii.; Ps. i. to xxii. Justin, Apology i. Tertullian, Apology. Eusebius, H. E. iii., iv. Augustine, De Doct. Christ. Hooker's Eccl. Pol. i. and v. Pearson, On the Creed, Arts. ii. and iii. The course is so arranged as to cover a period of two years, the subjects of each year alternating with each other. Thus the subjects for Entrance and First Year in October, 1879, and January, 1880, will be the same in October, 1881, and January, 1882; October, 1883, and January, 1884, &c.; while those current in October, 1880, and January, 1881, will also be current in October, 1882, and January, 1883; October, 1884, and January, 1885, &c. A similar alternation will hold good in the main for the subjects of the Final Examination, except that variations will be introduced from time to time in the Honour subjects. The subjects are distributed over the two years in such a way as to give the student a fair introduction to the wide field of Theology. At Entrance and in the First Year Examination he is taken through the Scripture History of the Old Testament. At all three of the examinations he will have a paper on one or more of the Gospels, and provision is made that all four Gospels and the Acts shall be read through during his career. the Epistles, the Epistle to the Romans and the First Epistle to the Corinthians are taken as the basis of the course. These alternate with each other as the subject for the first year, and the one which is not read for the first year is taken up for the final. Thus every student must take up the Epistle to the Romans and the First Epistle to the In Corinthians; and in addition to these he has a further representative group, containing in the one case Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and 1st St. Peter; in the other case, Galatians, Colossians, Philemon, and St. James. In like manner, without attempting to embrace the whole range of ecclesiastical history, certain representative periods are chosen, a knowledge of which will give the student a key to much that lies outside them. The other subjects are the Prayer Book and Thirty-nine Articles and Biblical Criticism. This last subject is optional, but ought not to be omitted by any one who wishes to lay claim to a Theological Education. III. ADVICE AS TO BOOKS.-In recommending books for use in the Theological Course, it will be well to keep in view three distinct classes of students(1) Scholars of advanced proficiency, candidates for exhibitions and honours; (2) Scholars of medium proficiency; and (3) backward scholars. New Testament.-This is at once the most important and the most difficult of the subjects for which books are to be recommended-important because of the place which it bears in the Theological course, and difficult because, although there are a great number of books bearing on the subject, none seem to supply in all respects exactly what is wanted. One book, however, may be safely recommended to all students alike, Scrivener's Novum Testamentum in the Cambridge Greek and Latin Texts. This has the advantage of giving not only the Textus Receptus-the received or common text -but also of supplying the means of readily ascertaining what is the text supported by the oldest and best authorities. It contains at the foot of the pages the corrected readings of the three most eminent critical editors, Lachmann, Tischendorf, and Tregelles-represented by the letters L., T., and Tr. Readings to which all three letters are affixed may be pretty safely assumed to be right. There are some few exceptions, but these need not be taken into account. The student will at first, perhaps, not see the importance of having a true text before him, though, if he reads with intelligence, he will come to do so in time. The practical point, however, is this, that it is necessary for him to have some text; and while there would be considerable inconvenience in having the received text alone, or the corrected text alone, Scrivener gives him at once both, and in a form handy and inexpensive, and beautifully printed. Care should be taken to get the latest edition. Tischendorf made considerable alterations in the successive editions of his great work, and the latest edition of Scrivener incorporates the last and best of these. An edition is published with wide margin for notes, which those who are able to take notes. neatly, or who take notes roughly in lecture and re-write them afterwards, may find useful. It will be found by many a good plan to have two plain texts in use-one (for which purpose Scrivener's might be recommended) to be reserved for more deliberate marking and annotation, and another for rough use in lecture. For the second purpose White's Grammar School Texts will be well adapted. The Gospels in one volume, the Acts, and the Epistle to the Romans have been already published. Other Epistles are to follow. These texts have the advantage of having a vocabulary of all the Greek words at the end. The less advanced student cannot well have a better dictionary of the New Testament Greek, and the more advanced will find sound etymologies and the meanings clearly discriminated, and their relations to each other well drawn out. But besides the texts, notes will be needed, and here is the difficulty. For backward students, perhaps, on the whole, the best book will be found |