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1853
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Belfast , Northern Ireland
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Principal
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Prof Patton Taylor
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108 Botanic Avenue<br>Belfast<br>BT7 1JT
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+44-28 9020 5080
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http://wwwunionacuk
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is the
Theological college for the
Presbyterian Church In Ireland and is situated in
Belfast ,
Northern Ireland . The college offers ministerial courses for
Presbyterian s and non-denominational theological courses.
The college is associated with which was granted a
Royal Charter in
1881 to confer
Academic Degrees in theology similar to other universities of the
United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland at the time. These degrees are the
Bachelor Of Divinity ,
Master Of Ministry and
Doctor Of Ministry . Degrees are also conferred by the
Queen's University Of Belfast for certain programmes and the college forms part of the ''Institute of Theology'' at the university.
The college was founded in
1853 as ; in 1976 theological teaching at
Magee College in
Londonderry ceased and the two colleges amalgamated with the new college to be known as Union Theological College, often referred to as Union College.
From 1921 until 1932 the newly formed
Parliament Of Northern Ireland met in Assembly's College while
Stormont was being built. The
Commons met in the Gamble Library and the
Senate in the Chapel. Additionally between 1941 to 1948 the city police used the college as its own headquarters where bombed in the
Belfast Blitz .
One of the college professors J. Ernest Davey was the subject of a
Heresy trial in 1927 because of his teaching within Assembly's College. Although cleared by the Church's courts a small number of Presbyterians broke away unhappy with the decision and founded what later became the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
