Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

theology, dogmatic Concerns itself with the truths which come from God, explaining them, tracing them to Scripture and tradition, answering difficulties, and objections brought against them, and pointing out how they fit in with our rational knowledge and spiritual life. See also: theology. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Theology, Dogmatic Dogmatic theology is that part of … Continue reading “Theology, Dogmatic”

Theology, Biblical SEE BIBLICAL THEOLOGY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

theology, ascetical That branch of theology which comprises the rules of Christian perfection, formulated by the monastic leaders beginning with the Fathers of the Desert, gathered together and systematized. Ascetics is the outcome of supernatural charity urging to a most perfect following of Christ and calls very particularly for a direction in every respect an … Continue reading “Theology, Ascetical”

Theology And Science SEE SCIENCE AND RELIGION. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

THEOLOGY Signifies that science which treats of the being and attributes of God, his relations to us, the dispensations of his providence, his will with respect to our actions, and his purposes with respect to our end. The word was first used to denote the systems, or rather the heterogeneous fables, of those poets and … Continue reading “Theology”

Theologus is the title of a clerical instructor of the clergy associated in chapters, etc., who was appointed, by the authority of several councils, to teach the Holy Scriptures; the Theologal (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Theological Seminaries SEE SEMINARIES, THEOLOGICAL. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

theological censures Doctrinal judgments by which the Church stigmatizes certain teachings detrimental to faith or morals. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Theologian one who treats of theology, or the science of things divine. The most ancient Greeks used the latter term in the sense of narratio de deo, and those who wrote the history of the gods, their works and exploits, were called . Moses is called by Philo when he gives the history of the … Continue reading “Theologian”

Theologia Germanica (the German title is Bchlein von der deutschen Theologie) is the title of the famous theological work, by an unknown author, which was discovered by Luther and published for the first time by him in 1516. The title implies merely that it is a German theological work, and is not to be understood … Continue reading “Theologia Germanica”