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60 FACULTY OF THEOLOGY "2 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 year1 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 Examinations are always held on the Tuesday in the second week before or after Easter which is nearest to April 3rd and on the Tuesday nearest to October 8th The following are the subjects determined by the Joint Committee of the Bishops and the Council of the Preliminary Examination for the examinations in 1896 and 1897 and 1898 general paper on the contents of the Bible Old Testament For 1896 and 1897 Psalms Book 107 150 Candidates will be expected to be acquainted with the Bible and Prayer-Book Psalters For 1896 The First Book of Kings with parallels in Chronicles For 1897 and 1898 The Second Book of Kings with parallels in Chronicles The paper in these books will contain questions on their subject-matter criticism and exegesis together with ques- tions on Introduction New Testament in Greek For 1896 and 1897 St Matthew For 1896 The Epistle to the Galatians and the Epistles of St John For 1897 and 1898 The י First Epistle to the Corinthians The paper in these books will contain passages for trans- lation and questions on the subject-matter criticism and exegesis of the books together with questions on Intro- duction