Calendar: 1885-1886 Page 109

THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT 105 III COURSE OF STUDY The studies in this Department are directed in accordance with the following arrangements respecting Ordination Ex- animations which have been agreed to by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and all the English Bishops with the exception of the Bishops of Worcester and of Sodor and Man and which come into general operation in 1886 That the same Special Subjects for Examination be re- quired from Candidates for Deacon's Orders in the Old Testament New Testament Ecclesiastical History and Latin That the General Subjects of the Bishop's Examination be- The Contents of the Bible The Creeds and XXXIX Articles History Text and Subject-matter The Prayer Book History and Contents "3 That the Subjects for each year's Examination be agreed upon by Joint Committee consisting of four Bishops the Bishops of Durham Winchester Gloucester and Bristol and Chester and four Members of the Council of Management of the Preliminary Examination of Candidates for Holy Orders The following are the Subjects determined by the Joint Committee of the Bishops and the Council of the Preliminary Examination for the year 1886 The Examinations in 1886 to be held about Easter and in October will be in the following Subjects ft general paper on the contents of the Bible with ques- tions on Introduction in reference to the selected books of the Old and New Testaments