Originally Posted by VirginiaHuguenot

He gives an historical overview of the history of training ministers starting with the company of prophets in 1 Samuel 10.5 and elsewhere, through Paul's education at the school of Gamaliel, Clement of Alexandria's Catechetical School, the monastic schools of the Middle Ages, the European universities, Protestant Reformation-era ministerial training, Old World and New World Puritan theological education, and then spends more time covering American theological education under the parsonage and university systems, focusing on the Princeton model (asserting that GPTS follows that model), weighing the pros and cons of distance education, and setting forth the proper goals of ministerial education overall. That's a brief summary; hope that is helpful.