These old schools in America were originally founded to train ministers for whom knowing Latin and Greek (and Hebrew) to interpret early versions of the Christi

These old schools in America were originally founded to train ministers for whom knowing Latin and Greek (and Hebrew) to interpret early versions of the Christian scriptures was important so they could have a clearer understanding of the original meanings of the texts. Later, Greek/latin became about secular classical writings. The secularists took over and split the schools so the ministerial teaching occurred in separate “divinity schools”/seminaries. For some specific background on Harvard origins: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Harvard_University https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Harvard_Universit...