Primary effect of Roman Catholic reforms
The shaping of modern seminary establishments was a primary effect of Roman Catholic reforms of the Counter-Reformation after the Council of Trent. This reform took a firm stand on the enrichment of the instruction of clergy by way of making seminaries as live-in institutions which would be under the immediate hold of ranking clergy. The conception of minor seminaries to school young boys for the priesthood took after this original movement, Online Seminary . A seminary model called the Tridentine was that of a live in monastic community where lifestyle and petition were closely monitored and disciplined as a way to reforming pre-Reformation maltreatments among the clergy. The seminaries were very often in contrast to the more open and independent life styles of the universities.