Faculty of Theology, Catholic University of Leuven

The Leuven Faculty of Theology was a branch of the Catholic University of Leuven, founded in 1834 in Mechelen by the bishops of Belgium as the Catholic University of Belgium, that moved its seat to the town of Leuven in 1835, changing its name to Catholic University of Leuven.

Faculty of Theology
Faculté de théologie
Faculteit Godgeleerdheid
Latin: Facultas Sacrae Theologiae Lovaniensis
MottoSedes Sapientiae
Motto in English
"Seat of Wisdom", or "Seat of Knowledge"
Active1834–1968 (1968)
Parent institution
Catholic University of Leuven
Location
Leuven
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In 1968 the faculty was divided into Flemish and French speaking departments, and they exist today as faculties of two separate universities : the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), and the Faculty of Theology of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), which moved to Louvain-la-Neuve.

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