Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology

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The Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology (German: Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen) is an academic seminary in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

As of early 2006 the institution had 39 faculty, 22 seminarians studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood, and 445 lay students, both male and female. Notable graduates include Bishop Karl Borsch and Muslim theologian Farid Esack.

The school offers a 10-semester Diploma in Catholic Theology. Post-graduate students may earn the degrees of Licenciate (Lic. theol.), Doctorate(Dr. Theol.), or Habilitation (Dr. theol. habil.). Additional interdisciplinary programs are also offered.

[edit] History

The school was founded in 1926 by the Society of Jesus, initially to train priests for the Diocese of Limburg. Until 1951 the school was exclusively a seminary, training priest candidates for other German dioceses as well.

The school acquired a Jesuit theological faculty in 1951. From this point until 1975 the school included two parallel institutions: the Philosophical-Theological Academy, for priest candidates, and the Theological Faculty for Jesuit students.

In 1976 the school began admitting lay theology students, and these quickly formed the majority of students.