| Presbyterian Theological College | |
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| Motto |
Doctus in Regno Cœlorum "Trained for the Kingdom of Heaven" |
| Established | 1866 |
| Type | Private, Christian |
| Principal | Rev. Peter Hastie |
| Location | Melbourne, Australia |
| Campus | Box Hill, Victoria, Australia |
| Website | www.presbyteriancollege.org |
The Presbyterian Theological College is the theological college of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria. It provides theological education for candidates for the ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, as well as for members of all Christian churches. It is an approved teaching institution of the Australian College of Theology, and is based in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill.
The PTC traces back its existence to 1866 when "The Theological Hall of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria" was formed. In 1974, however, the whole staff of the Theological Hall opted to join with the Uniting Church, and the continuing Presbyterian Church of Victoria opened a provisional Theological Hall in Hawthorn with only a handful of staff and students.[1] It relocated to the top floor of the Assembly Hall building in Melbourne in 1977, and again to the present site in Box Hill in 1986. Six residential units were opened on the College property in early 2008.
The first Principal of the newly formed College was Rev Robert Swanton. He was succeeded by Rev Prof Allan Harman in 1982, who served until his retirement in 2001, and then Rev Prof Douglas Milne, until his retirement in 2011. Rev Peter Hastie has been appointed Principal for a ten year term, commencing 2012.
The student group at the College is called the John Paton Fellowship, named after John Gibson Paton, a nineteenth-century missionary to the New Hebrides. The College library (the Swanton Library) has over 25,000 volumes, and subscribes to approximately 140 periodicals. The catalogue is online: The Swanton Library
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