UoB - Faculty of Theology
DECREES
The Faculty of Theology is an academic and ecclesiastical institution under the auspices of the Antiochian Orthodox Patriarchate.
It is a higher institution of learning in the field of Orthodox Theology, founded by virtue of a decision of the Holy Synod on 14 October 1969. Its legal existence is based on the decision of the Council for Higher Learning in Lebanon on 2 December 1974, the approval of the Lebanese Council of Ministers on 28 January 1975 and Decree No. 9764 issued by the President of the Lebanese Republic on 26 February 1975.
It is incorporated in the University of Balamand by virtue of Decree No. 4885 issued by the President of the Lebanese Republic on 4 June 1988.
The function of the Faculty is to provide Orthodox theological teaching. Its aims include promoting theological knowledge and human thought, serving the Church, and contributing to the propagation of the Christian message, the enrichment of human civilization, and the realization of spiritual development in the Orthodox Church of Antioch.
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