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theology
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Theology
(gcide) | Theology \The*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Theologies. [L. theologia, Gr.
?; ? God + ? discourse: cf. F. th['e]ologie. See Theism,
and Logic.]
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."
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Many speak of theology as a science of religion
[instead of "science of God"] because they disbelieve
that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.
--Prof. R.
Flint (Enc.
Brit.).
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Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the
region of the intellect what religion represents in the
heart and life of man. --Gladstone.
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Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic,
Natural.
Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned
with moral character and conduct.
Revealed theology, theology which is to be learned only
from revelation.
Scholastic theology, theology as taught by the scholastics,
or as prosecuted after their principles and methods.
Speculative theology, theology as founded upon, or
influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy.
Systematic theology, that branch of theology of which the
aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of
statements that together shall constitute an organized
whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).
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theology
(wn) | theology
n 1: the rational and systematic study of religion and its
influences and of the nature of religious truth [syn:
theology, divinity]
2: a particular system or school of religious beliefs and
teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology" [syn:
theology, theological system]
3: the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in
religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he
studied theology at Oxford" |
theology
(foldoc) | theology
1. Ironically or humorously used to refer to {religious
issues}.
2. Technical fine points of an abstruse nature, especially
those where the resolution is of theoretical interest but is
relatively marginal with respect to actual use of a design
or system. Used especially around software issues with a
heavy AI or language-design component, such as the smart-data
vs. smart-programs dispute in AI.
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theology
(jargon) | theology
n.
1. Ironically or humorously used to refer to religious issues.
2. Technical fine points of an abstruse nature, esp. those where the
resolution is of theoretical interest but is relatively marginal with
respect to actual use of a design or system. Used esp. around software
issues with a heavy AI or language-design component, such as the smart-data
vs. smart-programs dispute in AI.
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natural theology
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Ascetic theology
(gcide) | Theology \The*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Theologies. [L. theologia, Gr.
?; ? God + ? discourse: cf. F. th['e]ologie. See Theism,
and Logic.]
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."
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Many speak of theology as a science of religion
[instead of "science of God"] because they disbelieve
that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.
--Prof. R.
Flint (Enc.
Brit.).
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Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the
region of the intellect what religion represents in the
heart and life of man. --Gladstone.
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Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic,
Natural.
Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned
with moral character and conduct.
Revealed theology, theology which is to be learned only
from revelation.
Scholastic theology, theology as taught by the scholastics,
or as prosecuted after their principles and methods.
Speculative theology, theology as founded upon, or
influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy.
Systematic theology, that branch of theology of which the
aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of
statements that together shall constitute an organized
whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).
[1913 Webster]Ascetic \As*cet"ic\, n.
In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary
and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme
self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse;
hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in
religious things.
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I am far from commending those ascetics that take up
their quarters in deserts. --Norris.
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Ascetic theology, the science which treats of the practice
of the theological and moral virtues, and the counsels of
perfection. --Am. Cyc.
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Astrotheology
(gcide) | Astrotheology \As`tro*the*ol"o*gy\, n. [Astro- + theology.]
Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial
bodies. --Derham.
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Atheology
(gcide) | Atheology \A`the*ol"o*gy\, n. [Pref. a- not + theology.]
Antagonism to theology. --Swift.
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Dogmatic theology
(gcide) | dogmatic \dog*mat"ic\ (d[o^]g*m[a^]t"[i^]k), dogmatical
\dog*mat`ic*al\ (d[o^]g*m[a^]t"[i^]*kal), a. [L. dogmaticus, Gr.
dogmatiko`s, fr. do`gma: cf. F. dogmatique.]
1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized
doctrine or tenet.
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2. Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively;
positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative;
overbearing.
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Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way. --
Spectator.
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[They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they
were omniscient. -- Glanvill.
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Dogmatic theology. Same as Dogmatics.
Syn: Magisterial; arrogant. See Magisterial.
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Irenical theology
(gcide) | Irenics \I*ren"ics\, n. (Eccl.)
That branch of Christian science which treats of the methods
of securing unity among Christians or harmony and union among
the churches; -- called also Irenical theology.
--Schaff-Herzog.
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Moral theology
(gcide) | Moral \Mor"al\, a. [F., fr. It. moralis, fr. mos, moris, manner,
custom, habit, way of life, conduct.]
1. Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those
intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue
and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such
intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to
the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings
in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so
far as they are properly subject to rules.
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Keep at the least within the compass of moral
actions, which have in them vice or virtue.
--Hooker.
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Mankind is broken loose from moral bands. --Dryden.
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She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral
wilderness. --Hawthorne.
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2. Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity
with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used
sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral
rather than a religious life.
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The wiser and more moral part of mankind. --Sir M.
Hale.
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3. Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by
a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.
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A moral agent is a being capable of those actions
that have a moral quality, and which can properly be
denominated good or evil in a moral sense. --J.
Edwards.
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4. Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of
right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral
arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to
material and physical; as, moral pressure or support.
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5. Supported by reason or probability; practically
sufficient; -- opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a
moral evidence; a moral certainty.
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6. Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson;
moral tales.
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Moral agent, a being who is capable of acting with
reference to right and wrong.
Moral certainty, a very high degree or probability,
although not demonstrable as a certainty; a probability of
so high a degree that it can be confidently acted upon in
the affairs of life; as, there is a moral certainty of his
guilt.
Moral insanity, insanity, so called, of the moral system;
badness alleged to be irresponsible.
Moral philosophy, the science of duty; the science which
treats of the nature and condition of man as a moral
being, of the duties which result from his moral
relations, and the reasons on which they are founded.
Moral play, an allegorical play; a morality. [Obs.]
Moral sense, the power of moral judgment and feeling; the
capacity to perceive what is right or wrong in moral
conduct, and to approve or disapprove, independently of
education or the knowledge of any positive rule or law.
Moral theology, theology applied to morals; practical
theology; casuistry.
[1913 Webster]Theology \The*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Theologies. [L. theologia, Gr.
?; ? God + ? discourse: cf. F. th['e]ologie. See Theism,
and Logic.]
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."
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Many speak of theology as a science of religion
[instead of "science of God"] because they disbelieve
that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.
--Prof. R.
Flint (Enc.
Brit.).
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Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the
region of the intellect what religion represents in the
heart and life of man. --Gladstone.
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Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic,
Natural.
Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned
with moral character and conduct.
Revealed theology, theology which is to be learned only
from revelation.
Scholastic theology, theology as taught by the scholastics,
or as prosecuted after their principles and methods.
Speculative theology, theology as founded upon, or
influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy.
Systematic theology, that branch of theology of which the
aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of
statements that together shall constitute an organized
whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).
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Natural theology
(gcide) | Natural \Nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), a. [OE. naturel, F. naturel, fr.
L. naturalis, fr. natura. See Nature.]
1. Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the
constitution of a thing; belonging to native character;
according to nature; essential; characteristic; innate;
not artificial, foreign, assumed, put on, or acquired; as,
the natural growth of animals or plants; the natural
motion of a gravitating body; natural strength or
disposition; the natural heat of the body; natural color.
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With strong natural sense, and rare force of will.
--Macaulay.
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2. Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature;
consonant to the methods of nature; according to the
stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws
which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or
violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural
consequence of crime; a natural death; anger is a natural
response to insult.
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What can be more natural than the circumstances in
the behavior of those women who had lost their
husbands on this fatal day? --Addison.
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3. Having to do with existing system to things; dealing with,
or derived from, the creation, or the world of matter and
mind, as known by man; within the scope of human reason or
experience; not supernatural; as, a natural law; natural
science; history, theology.
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I call that natural religion which men might know .
. . by the mere principles of reason, improved by
consideration and experience, without the help of
revelation. --Bp. Wilkins.
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4. Conformed to truth or reality; as:
(a) Springing from true sentiment; not artificial or
exaggerated; -- said of action, delivery, etc.; as, a
natural gesture, tone, etc.
(b) Resembling the object imitated; true to nature;
according to the life; -- said of anything copied or
imitated; as, a portrait is natural.
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5. Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to
one's position; not unnatural in feelings.
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To leave his wife, to leave his babes, . . .
He wants the natural touch. --Shak.
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6. Connected by the ties of consanguinity. especially,
Related by birth rather than by adoption; as, one's
natural mother. "Natural friends." --J. H. Newman.
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7. Hence: Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of
wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child.
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8. Of or pertaining to the lower or animal nature, as
contrasted with the higher or moral powers, or that which
is spiritual; being in a state of nature; unregenerate.
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The natural man receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God. --1 Cor. ii.
14.
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9. (Math.) Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some
system, in which the base is 1; -- said of certain
functions or numbers; as, natural numbers, those
commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc., those taken
in arcs whose radii are 1.
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10. (Mus.)
(a) Produced by natural organs, as those of the human
throat, in distinction from instrumental music.
(b) Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat
nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major.
(c) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which
moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but
little from the original key.
(d) Neither flat nor sharp; -- of a tone.
(e) Changed to the pitch which is neither flat nor sharp,
by appending the sign [natural]; as, A natural.
--Moore (Encyc. of Music).
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11. Existing in nature or created by the forces of nature, in
contrast to production by man; not made, manufactured, or
processed by humans; as, a natural ruby; a natural
bridge; natural fibers; a deposit of natural calcium
sulfate. Opposed to artificial, man-made,
manufactured, processed and synthetic. [WordNet
sense 2]
[PJC]
12. Hence: Not processed or refined; in the same statre as
that existing in nature; as, natural wood; natural foods.
[PJC]
Natural day, the space of twenty-four hours. --Chaucer.
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Natural fats, Natural gas, etc. See under Fat, Gas.
etc.
Natural Harmony (Mus.), the harmony of the triad or common
chord.
Natural history, in its broadest sense, a history or
description of nature as a whole, including the sciences
of botany, Zoology, geology, mineralogy,
paleontology, chemistry, and physics. In recent
usage the term is often restricted to the sciences of
botany and Zoology collectively, and sometimes to the
science of zoology alone.
Natural law, that instinctive sense of justice and of right
and wrong, which is native in mankind, as distinguished
from specifically revealed divine law, and formulated
human law.
Natural modulation (Mus.), transition from one key to its
relative keys.
Natural order. (Nat. Hist.) See under order.
Natural person. (Law) See under person, n.
Natural philosophy, originally, the study of nature in
general; the natural sciences; in modern usage, that
branch of physical science, commonly called physics,
which treats of the phenomena and laws of matter and
considers those effects only which are unaccompanied by
any change of a chemical nature; -- contrasted with
mental philosophy and moral philosophy.
Natural scale (Mus.), a scale which is written without
flats or sharps.
Note: Model would be a preferable term, as less likely to
mislead, the so-called artificial scales (scales
represented by the use of flats and sharps) being
equally natural with the so-called natural scale.
Natural science, the study of objects and phenomena
existing in nature, especially biology, chemistry, physics
and their interdisciplinary related sciences; {natural
history}, in its broadest sense; -- used especially in
contradistinction to social science, mathematics,
philosophy, mental science or moral science.
Natural selection (Biol.), the operation of natural laws
analogous, in their operation and results, to designed
selection in breeding plants and animals, and resulting in
the survival of the fittest; the elimination over time of
species unable to compete in specific environments with
other species more adapted to survival; -- the essential
mechanism of evolution. The principle of natural selection
is neutral with respect to the mechanism by which
inheritable changes occur in organisms (most commonly
thought to be due to mutation of genes and reorganization
of genomes), but proposes that those forms which have
become so modified as to be better adapted to the existing
environment have tended to survive and leave similarly
adapted descendants, while those less perfectly adapted
have tended to die out through lack of fitness for the
environment, thus resulting in the survival of the
fittest. See Darwinism.
Natural system (Bot. & Zool.), a classification based upon
real affinities, as shown in the structure of all parts of
the organisms, and by their embryology.
It should be borne in mind that the natural system
of botany is natural only in the constitution of its
genera, tribes, orders, etc., and in its grand
divisions. --Gray.
Natural theology, or Natural religion, that part of
theological science which treats of those evidences of the
existence and attributes of the Supreme Being which are
exhibited in nature; -- distinguished from {revealed
religion}. See Quotation under Natural, a., 3.
Natural vowel, the vowel sound heard in urn, furl, sir,
her, etc.; -- so called as being uttered in the easiest
open position of the mouth organs. See Neutral vowel,
under Neutral and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 17.
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Syn: See Native.
[1913 Webster]Theology \The*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Theologies. [L. theologia, Gr.
?; ? God + ? discourse: cf. F. th['e]ologie. See Theism,
and Logic.]
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."
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Many speak of theology as a science of religion
[instead of "science of God"] because they disbelieve
that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.
--Prof. R.
Flint (Enc.
Brit.).
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Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the
region of the intellect what religion represents in the
heart and life of man. --Gladstone.
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Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic,
Natural.
Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned
with moral character and conduct.
Revealed theology, theology which is to be learned only
from revelation.
Scholastic theology, theology as taught by the scholastics,
or as prosecuted after their principles and methods.
Speculative theology, theology as founded upon, or
influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy.
Systematic theology, that branch of theology of which the
aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of
statements that together shall constitute an organized
whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).
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Pantheology
(gcide) | Pantheology \Pan`the*ol"o*gy\, n. [Pan- + theology.]
A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete
system of theology.
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Pastoral Theology
(gcide) | Pastoral \Pas"tor*al\, a. [L. pastoralis: cf. F. pastoral. See
Pastor.]
1. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural
life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.
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2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a
church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.
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Pastoral staff (Eccl.), a staff, usually of the form of a
shepherd's crook, borne as an official emblem by a bishop,
abbot, abbess, or other prelate privileged to carry it.
See Crook, and Crosier.
Pastoral Theology, that part of theology which treats of
the duties of pastors.
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Physico-theology
(gcide) | Physico-theology \Phys`i*co-the*ol"o*gy\, n. [Physico- +
theology.]
Theology or divinity illustrated or enforced by physics or
natural philosophy.
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Revealed theology
(gcide) | Theology \The*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Theologies. [L. theologia, Gr.
?; ? God + ? discourse: cf. F. th['e]ologie. See Theism,
and Logic.]
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."
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Many speak of theology as a science of religion
[instead of "science of God"] because they disbelieve
that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.
--Prof. R.
Flint (Enc.
Brit.).
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Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the
region of the intellect what religion represents in the
heart and life of man. --Gladstone.
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Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic,
Natural.
Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned
with moral character and conduct.
Revealed theology, theology which is to be learned only
from revelation.
Scholastic theology, theology as taught by the scholastics,
or as prosecuted after their principles and methods.
Speculative theology, theology as founded upon, or
influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy.
Systematic theology, that branch of theology of which the
aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of
statements that together shall constitute an organized
whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).
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Scholastic theology
(gcide) | Theology \The*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Theologies. [L. theologia, Gr.
?; ? God + ? discourse: cf. F. th['e]ologie. See Theism,
and Logic.]
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."
[1913 Webster]
Many speak of theology as a science of religion
[instead of "science of God"] because they disbelieve
that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.
--Prof. R.
Flint (Enc.
Brit.).
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Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the
region of the intellect what religion represents in the
heart and life of man. --Gladstone.
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Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic,
Natural.
Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned
with moral character and conduct.
Revealed theology, theology which is to be learned only
from revelation.
Scholastic theology, theology as taught by the scholastics,
or as prosecuted after their principles and methods.
Speculative theology, theology as founded upon, or
influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy.
Systematic theology, that branch of theology of which the
aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of
statements that together shall constitute an organized
whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).
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Speculative theology
(gcide) | Theology \The*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Theologies. [L. theologia, Gr.
?; ? God + ? discourse: cf. F. th['e]ologie. See Theism,
and Logic.]
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."
[1913 Webster]
Many speak of theology as a science of religion
[instead of "science of God"] because they disbelieve
that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.
--Prof. R.
Flint (Enc.
Brit.).
[1913 Webster]
Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the
region of the intellect what religion represents in the
heart and life of man. --Gladstone.
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Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic,
Natural.
Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned
with moral character and conduct.
Revealed theology, theology which is to be learned only
from revelation.
Scholastic theology, theology as taught by the scholastics,
or as prosecuted after their principles and methods.
Speculative theology, theology as founded upon, or
influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy.
Systematic theology, that branch of theology of which the
aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of
statements that together shall constitute an organized
whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).
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Systematic theology
(gcide) | Systematic \Sys`tem*at"ic\, Systematical \Sys`tem*at"ic*al\, a.
[Gr. ?: cf. F. syst['e]matique.]
1. Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system;
methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation
or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design
of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or
animals; a systematic course of study.
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Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise
systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a
just value for regularity and systems. --I. Watts.
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A representation of phenomena, in order to answer
the purposes of science, must be systematic.
--Whewell.
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2. Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a
systematic writer; systematic benevolence.
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3. Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical.
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These ends may be called cosmical, or systematical.
--Boyle.
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4. (Med.) Affecting successively the different parts of the
system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic
degeneration.
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Systematic theology. See under Theology.
[1913 Webster]Theology \The*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Theologies. [L. theologia, Gr.
?; ? God + ? discourse: cf. F. th['e]ologie. See Theism,
and Logic.]
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."
[1913 Webster]
Many speak of theology as a science of religion
[instead of "science of God"] because they disbelieve
that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.
--Prof. R.
Flint (Enc.
Brit.).
[1913 Webster]
Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the
region of the intellect what religion represents in the
heart and life of man. --Gladstone.
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Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic,
Natural.
Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned
with moral character and conduct.
Revealed theology, theology which is to be learned only
from revelation.
Scholastic theology, theology as taught by the scholastics,
or as prosecuted after their principles and methods.
Speculative theology, theology as founded upon, or
influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy.
Systematic theology, that branch of theology of which the
aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of
statements that together shall constitute an organized
whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).
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Theology
(gcide) | Theology \The*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Theologies. [L. theologia, Gr.
?; ? God + ? discourse: cf. F. th['e]ologie. See Theism,
and Logic.]
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."
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Many speak of theology as a science of religion
[instead of "science of God"] because they disbelieve
that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.
--Prof. R.
Flint (Enc.
Brit.).
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Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the
region of the intellect what religion represents in the
heart and life of man. --Gladstone.
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Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic,
Natural.
Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned
with moral character and conduct.
Revealed theology, theology which is to be learned only
from revelation.
Scholastic theology, theology as taught by the scholastics,
or as prosecuted after their principles and methods.
Speculative theology, theology as founded upon, or
influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy.
Systematic theology, that branch of theology of which the
aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of
statements that together shall constitute an organized
whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).
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bachelor of theology
(wn) | Bachelor of Theology
n 1: a bachelor's degree in theology [syn: {Bachelor of
Theology}, ThB] |
christian theology
(wn) | Christian theology
n 1: the teachings of Christian churches |
doctor of sacred theology
(wn) | Doctor of Sacred Theology
n 1: a doctor's degree in theology; "STD is from the Latin
Sanctae Theologiae Doctor" [syn: {Doctor of Sacred
Theology}, STD] |
doctor of theology
(wn) | Doctor of Theology
n 1: a doctor's degree in theology [syn: Doctor of Theology,
ThD] |
liberation theology
(wn) | liberation theology
n 1: a form of Christian theology (developed by South American
Roman Catholics) that emphasizes social and political
liberation as the anticipation of ultimate salvation |
master of theology
(wn) | Master of Theology
n 1: a master's degree in theology [syn: Master of Theology,
ThM] |
natural theology
(wn) | natural theology
n 1: a theology that holds that knowledge of God can be acquired
by human reason without the aid of divine revelation |
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