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Theology

noun

(pl. theologies)

The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth. Synonym: divinity.

A particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings. Synonym: theological system. "Roman Catholic theology"

The learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary).

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"Theology" Quotes from Famous Books

... it is obvious that a hymn which was written merely as a panegyric (the Hymn of St. Fiacc) was not the place for such details. But St. Fiacc does mention that Germanus was the saint's instructor, and that "he read his canons," i.e., studied theology under him. ...

— An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 • Mary Frances Cusack

... Luther attacks the supremacy of the outer organization in the Church, he no less forcibly disputes the supremacy of man's own inner thinking, his reasoning, in theology. He defines human reason as "our ability which is drawn from experience in temporal things" and declares it ridiculous to place this ability on a level with divine law[24]. He compares the man who uses his reason to defend God's law ...

— Works of Martin Luther - With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) • Martin Luther

... all of the middle and lower-middle or trading classes. Soon after the Restoration a number of men of good family and some means threw in their fortunes with the persecuted sect. One of them, Robert Barclay, reduced to order and system the scattered and incoherent statements of its theology. In his Apology, published in 1675, he set forth a logical and consistent statement of beliefs, couched in clear and graceful language and supported by calm reasoning and example. [Footnote: Thomas, Hist. of the Society of Friends in America, ...

— European Background Of American History - (Vol. I of The American Nation: A History) • Edward Potts Cheyney

... Theology is not for them, neither required nor obtainable, though some have been found enterprising enough to undertake to read the Summa, and naive enough to suppose that they would be theologians at the end of it, and even at the ...

— The Education of Catholic Girls • Janet Erskine Stuart

... and humane counsels as this that Roger Williams is remembered. His opponents had mightier intellects than his, but the world has long since decided against them. Colonial sermon literature is read today chiefly by antiquarians who have no sympathy for the creed which once gave it vitality. Its theology, like the theology of "Paradise Lost or the Divine Comedy," has sunk to the bottom of the black brook. But we cannot judge fairly the contemporary effect of this pulpit literature without remembering the passionate faith that made pulpit and pews copartners ...

— The American Spirit in Literature, - A Chronicle of Great Interpreters, Volume 34 in The - Chronicles Of America Series • Bliss Perry

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