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Definition of Theology
1. Noun. The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth.
Examples of category: Redemption, Salvation, Creation, Limbo, Purgatory, Divine Guidance, Inspiration, Theanthropism, Foreordination, Predestination, Predetermination, Preordination, Theological System, Minor, Venial, Deadly, Mortal, Universalist, Universalistic, Fundamentalist, Fundamentalistic, Catechetic, Catechetical
Generic synonyms: Bailiwick, Discipline, Field, Field Of Study, Study, Subject, Subject Area, Subject Field
Specialized synonyms: Angelology, Apologetics, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Hermeneutics, Homiletics, Liturgics, Liturgiology, Theodicy
Derivative terms: Theological, Theologist
2. Noun. A particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings. "Roman Catholic theology"
Generic synonyms: System, System Of Rules
Category relationships: Divinity
Specialized synonyms: Christian Theology, Liberation Theology, Natural Theology
Examples of category: Emanation, Procession, Rise, Foreordain, Predestinate, Predestine, Reprobate, Reveal
Derivative terms: Theological, Theologist
3. Noun. The learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary). "He studied theology at Oxford"
Category relationships: Divinity
Derivative terms: Theological, Theologist
Definition of Theology
1. n. The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life."
Definition of Theology
1. Noun. The study of God, or a god, or gods, and the truthfulness of religion in general. ¹
2. Noun. An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Theology
1. the study of religion [n -GIES]
Medical Definition of Theology
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Theology
Literary usage of Theology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1901)
"THE theology OF THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS. I. INTRODUCTORY. THERE are those to
whom the title of this paper will seem to rest on a false assumption. ..."
2. The Christian Pastor and the Working Church by Washington Gladden (1898)
"Pastoral theology is a department of Practical theology, which Cave describes as
... 2 Practical theology is variously divided. It includes:. Church Polity. ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Chalmers by Thomas Chalmers (1840)
"CHAPTER I. On the Distinction between the Ethics of theology and the Objects of
... OOR first remark on the science of theology is, that the objects of it, ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Chalmers by Thomas Chalmers (1841)
"OUR first remark on the science of theology is, that the objects of it, by their
remoteness, and by their elevation, seem to be inaccessible. ..."
5. A Short Introduction to the Literature of the Bible by Richard Green Moulton (1901)
"INTRODUCTION THE LITERARY STUDY OF THE BIBLE AS DISTINCT FROM theology AND
CRITICISM IT is a purpose of this book to distinguish what will be here called ..."
6. Horæ Hellenicæ: Essays and Discussion on Some Important Points of Greek by John Stuart Blackie (1874)
"The theology of the Homeric poems is not the theology of an individual, but of
an age; and this altogether irrespective of ..."
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