Serampore College
Latin: Gloriam Sapientes Possidebunt
Motto:	The wise will possess glory
Established:	1818
Type:	College
Principal:	Dr. Lalchungnunga
Staff:	79 (teaching), 30 (non-teaching)
Students:	2,277
Location:	Serampore, West Bengal, India
Campus:	Rural
Affiliations:	Senate of Serampore College (University) and University of Calcutta
Website:	http://www.seramporecollege.org/
*NAC 2004 report on the College and its degree issuing position

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The college consists of two entities:

• The theological faculty
• A separate college with faculties of arts, science, commerce

The Senate of Serampore College (University)^[1] runs the academic administration of all the theological colleges affiliated with it. The council of Serampore College holds a Danish charter and had the power to confer degrees in any subject^[2], which it currently exercises only for conferring theological degrees as recommended by the senate.^[3] Senate of Serampore College (University) is located in Serampore Town, in Hooghly District, West Bengal, India. ...

Degrees are awarded for arts, science and commerce students of the Serampore College by the University of Calcutta^[4] The Arts is a broad subdivision of culture, comprised of many expressive disciplines. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Formally established on the 24 January 1857, the University of Calcutta (also known as Calcutta University) (Bengali: কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), located in the city of Kolkata (previously Calcutta), India, is the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent. ...

For theology, the college is affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College (University). Several theological colleges and seminaries all over India including Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College (University). Senate of Serampore College (University) is located in Serampore Town, in Hooghly District, West Bengal, India. ... Senate of Serampore College (University) is located in Serampore Town, in Hooghly District, West Bengal, India. ...

The present principal is Dr. Lalchungnunga.^[5]

Motto

The Latin name of the college motto is Gloriam Sapientes Possidebunt which derives from chapter 3, verse 35 of the Latin Vulgate - Book of Proverbs,^[6] meaning, the wise shall possess glory.^[7][8] For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ... The Vulgate Bible is an early 5th century translation of the Bible into Latin made by St. ... The Book of Proverbs is one of the books of the Ketuvim of the Tanakh and of the Writings of the Old Testament. ...

Authority to issue degrees and accreditation

King Frederick VI of Denmark originally granted a Royal Charter giving Serampore College the status of a university to confer degrees. With the later establishment of the University of Calcutta in 1857 the arts, science and commerce parts of Serampore College were affiliated to the University of Calcutta. However, Serampore College still today continues to enjoy the privilege of conferring its own degrees in theology under the power vested by the Charter and Act of Serampore College. It is a private Grant-in-aid Minority College. The college is recognized by the University Grants Commission under Section 2(f) and 12(b) of the UGC Act, 1956. King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway (January 28, 1768 – December 3, 1839), reigned as King of Denmark from 1808 to 1839, and as king of Norway from 1808 to 1814. ... For the ship of the same name, see Royal Charter (ship). ... Formally established on the 24 January 1857, the University of Calcutta (also known as Calcutta University) (Bengali: কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), located in the city of Kolkata (previously Calcutta), India, is the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent. ... Theology finds its scholars pursuing the understanding of and providing reasoned discourse of religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... The University Grants Commission of India is a central government body that provides funds for government-recognised universities. ...

History

Part of a series on Protestant missions in India

William Carey

Background Christianity Thomas the Apostle Pantaenus Protestantism Indian history Missions timeline Christianity in India Image File history File links Size of this preview: 388 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1128 × 1740 pixel, file size: 312 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) From William Carey: The Shoemaker Who Became the Founder of Modern Missions; John Brown Myers; London 1887 This image is in the public... William Carey (August 17, 1761 – June 9, 1834) was an English missionary and Baptist minister, known as the father of modern missions. ... Topics in Christianity Preaching Prayer Ecumenism Relation to other religions Movements Music Liturgy Calendar Symbols Art Criticism Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... Saint Thomas the Apostle, Judas Thomas or Didymus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. ... Saint Pantaenus (d. ... Topics in Christianity Preaching Prayer Ecumenism Relation to other religions Movements Music Liturgy Calendar Symbols Art Criticism Christianity Portal This box:      Protestantism encompasses the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated with the doctrines of the Reformation. ... This is a timeline of Indian history. ... Timeline of the spread of the Christian Gospel c. ... Distribution of Christian population in different Indian states [1] Christianity is Indias third-largest religion, following Hinduism and Islam. ...

People Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg Joshua Marshman William Ward Alexander Duff Anthony Norris Groves Henry Martyn Amy Carmichael E. Stanley Jones James Mills Thoburn The Scudders more missionaries Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg monument in Tranquebar, Tamil Nadu, South India Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (July 10, 1682 - February 23, 1719) was a member of the Lutheran clergy and the first Protestant missionary to India. ... The Reverend Dr.Joshua Marshman was born in 1768 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England and died In Serampore India in 1837. ... William Ward (Born 1769 Died 1823) was a pioneer Baptist missionary, author, printer and translator. ... Dr. Alexander Duff, D. D. LLD. (1806-1878), was the founder of what is now known as Scottish Church College or the Scottish Church College, Calcutta. ... Anthony Norris Groves (February 1, 1795 - May 20, 1853), has been described as the father of faith missions. He launched the first Protestant mission to Arabic-speaking Muslims, and settled in Baghdad, now the capital of Iraq, and later in southern India. ... Henry Martyn (February 18, 1781 - October 6, 1812), English missionary to India, was born at Truro, Cornwall. ... Amy Beatrice (a. ... E. Stanley Jones E. (Eli) Stanley Jones (1884-1973) was a 20th century Methodist Christian missionary and theologian. ... Bishop James M Thoburn James Mills Thoburn (March 7, 1836 - November 28, 1922) was a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church best known for his missionary work in India. ... The Scudders in India devoted more than 1,100 combined years to Christian medical mission service in South India by 42 members of 4 generations of the family. ... This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. ...

Works Serampore College Scottish Church College Wilson College Madras Christian College St. Stephen's College Gossner Theological College Scottish Church College at 175 The Scottish Church College, which is located at 1 & 3 Urquhart Square, Calcutta 700006 is the oldest continuing Missionary administered liberal arts and sciences academy in India. ... Wilson College is a degree college affiliated to the University of Mumbai in Mumbai. ... The Madras Christian College in Chennai, South India, is one of the oldest colleges of the Indian subcontinent and was established in 1837. ... For other St. ...

Missionary agencies London Missionary Society Church Missionary Society Baptist Missionary Society Scottish General Assembly American Board The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans and Nonconformists, largely Congregationalist in outlook, with missions in the islands of the South Pacific and Africa. ... The Church Mission Society (formerly the Church Missionary Society) is a voluntary society working with the Anglican Church and other Protestant Christians around the world. ... The Baptist Missionary Society (from 2000 BMS World Mission) is a Christian missionary society founded by Baptists from England around 1792AD. The original name of the society was the Particular Baptist Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Amongst the Heathen. ... The 2004 Assembly with Dr Alison Elliot as Moderator The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the sovereign and highest court of the Church of Scotland, and is thus the Churchs governing body. ... Proposed in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College and officially chartered in 1812, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was the first American Christian foreign mission agency. ...

Pivotal events Indian Rebellion of 1857 Indian Republic Interactions with Ayyavazhi Belligerents Rebellious East India Company Sepoys, 7 Indian princely states, deposed rulers of the independent states of Oudh, Jhansi Some Indian civilians. ... For historical and other uses of India, see India (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Indian Protestants Bakht Singh Krishna Mohan Banerjee Michael Madhusudan Dutt Pandita Ramabai Sadhu Sundar Singh Jashwant Rao Chitambar Victor Premasagar K.V. Simon P. C. John Bakht Singh (1902-2000) was an Christian evangelist in India and other parts of South Asia. ... Krishna Mohan Banerjee (Bengali: ) (1813-1885) (also referred to as Rev. ... Michael Madhusudan Dutt (Datta), (Bengali: Maikel Modhushudôn Dôtto) (1824-1873), born Madhusudan Dutt, is a famous 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. ... Pandita Ramabai (23rd April 1858, Maharashtra- 5th April 1922) was an eminent social reformer and activist. ... Sadhu Sundar Singh (September 3, 1889 Patiala State, India) was an Indian Christian missionary. ... Jashwant Rao Chitambar (5 September 1879-4 September 1940) was an Indian Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1931. ... Rev. ... P. C. John was an evangelist and Bible teacher among the Syrian Christians and the Plymouth Brethren for 38 years. ... This box: view • talk • edit Indian Christianity Portal

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Founding by English missionaries

Serampore College was founded in 1818 by the English missionaries known as the Serampore Trio)^[10]: For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The Serampore Trio was the name given to : Joshua Marshman William Carey & William Ward These three were pioneering missionaries to India in the 18th century and set up amongst other things Serampore College. ...

• William Carey
• Joshua Marshman
• William Ward

Their aim was to give an education in arts and sciences to students of every "caste, colour or country" and to train people for ministry in the growing church in India (See: Christianity in India). William Carey (August 17, 1761 – June 9, 1834) was an English missionary and Baptist minister, known as the father of modern missions. ... The Reverend Dr.Joshua Marshman was born in 1768 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England and died In Serampore India in 1837. ... William Ward (Born 1769 Died 1823) was a pioneer Baptist missionary, author, printer and translator. ... Castes are hereditary systems of social occupation, endogamy, social culture, economic class, and political power. ... Distribution of Christian population in different Indian states [1] Christianity is Indias third-largest religion, following Hinduism and Islam. ...

From its beginning the college has been ecumenical but this means that it has no automatic basis of support from any one branch of the Christian church. Prior to 1818, the Serampore Trio had worked together in providing education for their own children and the children, including females, of the native Indians. For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... Year 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

William Ward There have been several people named William Ward, including: William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, sometime Governor-General of Australia William Ward the Serampore missionary (see Joshua Marshman, and William Carey ) for more details William Ward, Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Georgia Battalion, who was executed at the Goliad Massacre during...

William Carey Image File history File links Size of this preview: 388 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1128 × 1740 pixel, file size: 312 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) From William Carey: The Shoemaker Who Became the Founder of Modern Missions; John Brown Myers; London 1887 This image is in the public... William Carey (August 17, 1761 – June 9, 1834) was an English missionary and Baptist minister, known as the father of modern missions. ...

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Original charter from Denmark

Since Serampore was then a Danish colony, King Frederick VI, the King of Denmark, issued Serampore College its Royal Charter of Incorporation on February 23, 1827, in Copenhagen, Denmark (Charter, 1, Charter, 2, Charter, 3). The charter came in response to Joshua Marshman's visit to King Frederick in August 1826; the charter gave Serampore College the privilege of awarding degrees in arts and theology. William Carey, Joshua Marshman and John Clark Marshman (Joshua's son) were designated as members of the first council. At its opening, the Serampore Trio released a prospectus which proposed "A College for the instruction of Asiatic Christian and other Youth in Eastern Literature and European Science." The college was open to all people of any caste or creed, and the founders ensured that no denominational test would apply to faculty members. The charter has also been confirmed by the Bengal Government Act IV of 1918. Image File history File links OldSeramporeCollege. ... Serampore, India, is a pre-colonial town on the right bank of the Hoogli River in the Hooghly (Hughli) district of West Bengal. ... King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway (January 28, 1768 – December 3, 1839), reigned as King of Denmark from 1808 to 1839, and as king of Norway from 1808 to 1814. ... is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1827 (MDCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ... William Carey (August 17, 1761 – June 9, 1834) was an English missionary and Baptist minister, known as the father of modern missions. ... The Reverend Dr.Joshua Marshman was born in 1768 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England and died In Serampore India in 1837. ... John Clark Marshman, Indian scholar and philanthropist. ...

The status accorded by the Danish charter has since been reaffirmed for the study of theology and now forms the basis for degrees of all levels conferred by over forty theological colleges throughout India and is administered by the senate. It was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1827 and the Bengal Government Act IV of 1918. Theology finds its scholars pursuing the understanding of and providing reasoned discourse of religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Control passed back to the British

New look Serampore College on May Day 2006.

After February 22, 1845 when Denmark sold all of its Indian assets to Britain the management and operation of the college continued without interruption under the direction of a master and council. In 1856 the Baptist Missionary Society in England took over the management of the college and, in 1857, the college became affiliated with the newly established University of Calcutta and became a constituent college of that university. is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Arts college closes to become full-time seminary

In 1883 the college closed as an arts college and began functioning as a Christian Training Institution and a theological institute for the Baptist churches in Bengal. Affiliating again with the University of Calcutta in 1911, Serampore College, in 1913, was authorised to award the Bachelor of Arts degree. The college faculty was interdenominational. Year 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A B.A. issued from the University of Tennessee. ...

Twentieth century

On December 4, 1915, the first group of Bachelor of Divinity students graduated: is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A Bachelor of Divinity (BD or BDiv) is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a courses taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies. ...

• The Reverend I. W. Johory, Professor in the Canadian Mission College, Indore;
• The Reverend N. G. Kuriakos, a priest in the Orthodox Syrian Church; and
• Mr. D. M. Devasahayam, London Missionary Society, South India.

Between 1916 and 1927, sixty-nine further students earned their Bachelor of Divinity degrees through Serampore College. The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans and Nonconformists, largely Congregationalist in outlook, with missions in the islands of the South Pacific and Africa. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

During the centenary year of the college, in 1918, the Bengal Legislative Council passed the Serampore College Act (1918 Act, i, 1918 Act, ii, 1918 Act, iii, 1918 Act, iv) for the purpose of enlarging the college council and forming a new interdenominational senate that would confer theological degrees for all Christian denominations in India. By 1960 twenty other Indian colleges and seminaries affiliated themselves with Serampore. Image File history File links Serampore_of_college. ...

The name of the college and its founders are honoured today more widely than just within Christian circles – the Carey Library at Serampore houses 16,000 rare volumes and is used by scholars from across the world.

Honours

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See also

The Serampore Trio: The Serampore Trio was the name given to : Joshua Marshman William Carey & William Ward These three were pioneering missionaries to India in the 18th century and set up amongst other things Serampore College. ...

• William Carey, Joshua Marshman, and William Ward

The first woman missionary to India: William Carey (August 17, 1761 – June 9, 1834) was an English missionary and Baptist minister, known as the father of modern missions. ... The Reverend Dr.Joshua Marshman was born in 1768 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England and died In Serampore India in 1837. ... There have been several people named William Ward, including: William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, sometime Governor-General of Australia William Ward the Serampore missionary (see Joshua Marshman, and William Carey ) for more details William Ward, Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Georgia Battalion, who was executed at the Goliad Massacre during...

• Hannah Marshman

Successive missionaries: She was the daughter of John Shepherd, a farmer, and his wife Rachel, and the grand-daughter of John Clark, pastor of the Baptist church at Crockerton, Wiltshire. ...

• John Clark Marshman

John Clark Marshman, Indian scholar and philanthropist. ...

References

• NAC 2004 report on the College and its degree issuing position
• NAC homepage on accredited Colleges

Notes

Further reading

• John Clark Marshman (1859). "The Life and Times of Carey, Marshman and Ward" I & II. 
• J.T.K.Daniel and Roger E. Hedlund (1993). "Carey's Obligation and India's Renaissance". 
• Sunil Kumar Chatterjee (2006). "Hannah Marshman - The first woman missionary in India". 
• Sunil Kumar Chatterjee (2002). "Family Letters of Dr. William Carey". 
• Sunil Kumar Chatterjee (2005). "William Carey - The Father of Modern Missions in the East" (New Edition). 
• Sunil Kumar Chatterjee (2004). "William Carey and Serampore" (2nd Edition). 
• Sunil Kumar Chatterjee (2001). "John Clark Marshman (a trustworthy Friend of India)" (^{[dead link]} – ^{Scholar search}) (2nd Edition). 
• The Council of Serampore College (2006). "The Story of Serampore and its College" (^{[dead link]} – ^{Scholar search}) (Fourth Edition). 

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External links

• Information from Banglapedia.com
• Serampore College website
• Friends of Serampore College
• Lions Club of Serampore Greater