Collegium Kingsgate is a Classical and Ecclesiastical academy which combines excellence in academic learning with traditional trades. It aims to foster wisdom, Christian values, and a love for Truth, Goodness, and Beauty, through a blend of the Classic liberal arts and practical apprenticeship in shoemaking, blacksmithing, carpentry, and other apprenticed arts. Alongside initiatives to support the community and provide hands-on learning experiences, Kingsgate also emphasizes the fine arts – offering activities like fencing, dancing, and painting – as well as the common arts – e.g., gardening, beekeeping, animal husbandry, ecological stewardship, and more.
THE FELLOWSHIP OF ARTS & MYSTERIES, LTD., and its successive secondary-level school, COLLEGIUM KINGSGATE, together represent a unique educational endeavor that seeks to combine the two most important educational streams in the history of Western Civilization – viz., Classical education and traditional, apprenticed trades. This philosophy affirms that – in the same way that a mighty river may be formed by the confluence of two great rivers – history tells us that two great streams of education contributed to the establishment of the Judæo-Christian West. Re-integrating these two vital streams of education into a single school offers many advantages over the competing philosophies of our present post-Christian age.
For example, this approach provides an environment in which kinesthetic learners, who frequently face unique challenges in conventional academic structures, can instead flourish in their giftings. Conventional learners, too, can be positively formed by learning work ethic alongside academics. At Kingsgate, scholars will benefit from learning Biblical worldview and the cultural strengths of Classical Christian education, whilst simultaneously mastering useful and transferable trade
experience through a master-apprentice relationship (viz., discipleship). By these means, we work to equip the current and rising generations to live life as epistemologically self-conscious, genuinely- Christian, socially skillful lay and professional world-changers; doing all for the glory and delight of,
Continuation and Expansion of the Fellowship’s Work
The aim is to build upon the foundations laid by the Fellowship of Arts & Mysteries, Ltd., with the creation of a physical center of learning and a Christian community.
Establishment of a Brick-and-Mortar Center
A dedicated space for scholars to engage in Classical learning and traditional trades, fostering both intellectual and practical skills.
Formation of a Vibrant Faculty
A team of preceptors (schoolmasters, tutors) will guide scholars (students) in mastering the Seven Ancient Arts of Classical learning, which include:
The Trivium (The Three Ways)
Focus on Latin, languages (French, Classical Greek, Hebrew, Old English), dialectical and rhetorical skills (Logic, Apologetics, Hermeneutics, Speech, Debate), Literature, Poetry, Geography/Cartography, and the Rudiments of Theology.
The Quadrivium (The Four Ways)
Focus on Arithmetic (numbers in the abstract), Geometry (numbers in space), Music (numbers in time), and Astronomy (numbers in space and time).
We are delighted to present the courses that are currently available, and it is our earnest hope—through the grace of Providence—that many more shall soon follow. Please peruse the list below to discover both the subjects presently offered and those we aspire to provide in the future.
We invite you to become acquainted with our esteemed faculty, teachers, and professors—these dedicated persons grace our courses with their expertise and knowledge. It is through their unwavering commitment that we are able to offer such a distinguished education.
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