Hi all,
I have some friends that are interested in going to some type of Catholic Bible College, or getting a Certificate in Catholic Bible Studies so they can teach Bible Study Classes. At our church we have some scripture classes, but nothing they can use to get a certificate. I checked with our Diocese Education department, but couldn’t find any answers there either. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Distance Learning – Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, London
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DistanceLearning/main.aspx?id=664&cat=119At Franciscan University, Steubenville,
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Australian Catholic University - Distance Learning
Of course for a serious student of Sacred Scriptures - to obtain a Licentiate in Sacred Scriptures (LSS) -
The Pontifical Biblical Institue in Rome.
Here is someone who has it.
Fr William with an SSL and STD
William L. Burton, ofm
Antonianum Friary
2054 N. Humboldt Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60647
773.450.0176
www.biblicist.net
The Pontifical Biblical Institute offers two degrees, the licentiate (SSL) and the doctorate (SSD).
When I received my SSL from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, our language requirements were as follows:
Modern Languages:
You had to qualify in Italian, German and English.
If any of these was your native tongue, you had to add another one.
I qualified in Italian, German and French.
Biblical Languages:
Introductory and Advanced Hebrew,
Introductory and Advance Koine Greek, Aramaic, Latin
and another Biblically useful ancient language. Some of which were Arabic, Syriac, Sanskrit, Akkadian, Hittite, Coptic, Greek of the Septuagint, etc.
I finished my SSL there in 1995 and am not sure what their language requirements are today.
I finished my doctorate, not at the Biblical Institute, but at the
Pontifical Gregorian University in Biblical Theology, an STD.
If you have this inclination - pursue it. It is most rewarding in learning about the LORD AND FOLLOWING HIS WAY, for He is The Way, The Truth and The Life.
God Bless.