Pontifical Greogrian University ?

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  1. rocco5

    rocco5 member

    Accreditation experts: Is the Pontifical Greogorian University (Rome) accredited ? How does it stand with respect to RA institutions here in the U.S. ? I know several people with degrees from there with such names as L.S.T. and D.S.T. , religious degrees, I think.
     
  2. jon porter

    jon porter New Member

    The Greg operates under a papal charter (hence Pontifical). It was originally founded to train priests for Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1551. Graduates include 14 popes (most recently Pius XII, Paul VI, and John Paul I) and 20 saints.

    I think it's safe to say that it's legitimate.

    The LST, by the way, is the licentiate in sacred theology.
     
  3. nosborne48

    nosborne48 Well-Known Member

    Aren't they also the one school in the U.S. that offers the Doctor of Canon Law? Or am I confused again?
     
  4. nosborne48

    nosborne48 Well-Known Member

    Oops. Sorry. I must have mislaid my trifocals again...I was thinking of the school in Washington D.C. not the one in Rome.

    Well, I DID just get my packet from AARP...
     
  5. boydston

    boydston New Member

    Re: Re: Pontifical Greogrian University ?

    Under the pontifical system the LST is an ecclesiastical second degree (in sacred studies) roughly equivalent to a two-year masters in the American system. It is commonly offered in the US in RC seminaries with a pontifical faculty.

    There is occasionally some confusion because "licentiate" is also a designation used by some universities in Europe and Latin America for their basic degree. It is roughly equivalent to a bachelors -- taking between three and five years to complete. In some places (e.g. Sweden) the licentiate is a degree between a masters and doctorate. The LST is closer to being in that camp.

    And you thought American academic designations were confusing.
     

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