Christ's College, Aberdeen was one of three colleges in Scotland founded by the Free Church of Scotland for the training of ministers following the Disruption of 1843.[1] The other two were New College, Edinburgh and Trinity College, Glasgow.
Following the Church reunion of 1929, Christ's College became a Church of Scotland college and was also integrated into the University of Aberdeen. It now is based within the University's King's College campus in Old Aberdeen. The College's former buildings in the west end of Aberdeen are no longer used by the church or university.
The post of Master of Christ's College is still a Church of Scotland appointment, but for most purposes it is closely collected with the University of Aberdeen's School of Divinity, History and Philosophy. The current Master is the Rev. John H. A. Dick; the previous Master was the Very Rev Professor Iain R. Torrance - a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and now President of Princeton Theological Seminary, USA.
The College also makes awards of prizes to alumni of the University of Aberdeen, including the Lumsden and Sachs Fellowship, awarded to the most outstanding students of the graduating year in the subject areas of Divinity and Religious Studies.
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