Language convict

A language convict ( Latin convictorium ) is a church institution in which the ancient languages ancient Greek , Latin and Hebrew are taught. A general higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) is generally required to attend .

There are also language conflicts for high school students who aspire to the priesthood career after graduating from high school. Here the bishop of the diocese concerned is or was responsible for the financing. The leader was always a clergyman, called regens or director. In the past such convicts were mostly converted into regular schools or boarding schools. The only language convict of the Catholic Church in Germany is the Ambrosianum Tübingen .

Catholic language conflicts in German-speaking countries

Ambrosianum Tübingen , theological-propaedeutic seminar of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese
Theological pre-seminar Ambrosianum in Ehingen , Language Institute of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart (1983–2009)
Collegium Ambrosianum Stuttgart , late career seminar, converted into a grammar school in 1983

Evangelical language conflicts in German-speaking countries

Sprachenkonvikt Halle (Saale), 1929–1997, today Evangelisches Konvikt Halle of the Evangelical Church of the ecclesiastical province of Saxony
Sprachenkonvikt Berlin, formerly theological training center in East Berlin (1950–1990 / 91), today Theological Convict Berlin of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia
Language Convict Stuttgart of the Württemberg State Church, dissolved in 1998

Individual evidence

↑ 1950–1990 Sprachenkonvikt - theological training center of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg, from March 9, 1990 Church University Berlin-Brandenburg, on March 1, 1991 transferred to the Humboldt University in Berlin and merged with the theological faculty. Matthias Köckert : From Language Convict to Theological Convict. [1995]. In: Berlin Theological Journal. Vol. 26 (2009), ISSN 0724-6137 , pp. 256-272; online in: theologischeskonvikt.de, accessed on April 23, 2017 (PDF; 124 kB; here: pp. 1, 5, 8).

[1] 1950–1990 Sprachenkonvikt - theological training center of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg, from March 9, 1990 Church University Berlin-Brandenburg, on March 1, 1991 transferred to the Humboldt University in Berlin and merged with the theological faculty. Matthias Köckert : From Language Convict to Theological Convict. [1995]. In: Berlin Theological Journal. Vol. 26 (2009), ISSN 0724-6137 , pp. 256-272; online in: theologischeskonvikt.de, accessed on April 23, 2017 (PDF; 124 kB; here: pp. 1, 5, 8).