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| 1. | the field of study and analysis that treats of God and of God's attributes and relations to the universe; study of divine things or religious truth; divinity. |
| 2. | a particular form, system, branch, or course of this study. |
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theology
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[Middle English theologie, from Old French, from Latin theologia, from Greek theologiā : theo-, theo- + -logiā, -logy.] |
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theology
1362, from O.Fr. theologie "philosophical treatment of Christian doctrine" (14c.), from L. theologia, from Gk. theologia "an account of the gods," from theologos "one discoursing on the gods," from theos "god" (see Thea) + -logos "treating of."
"Theology moves back and forth between two poles, the eternal truth of its foundations and the temporal situation in which the eternal truth must be received." [Paul Tillich, "Systematic Theology," 1951]Theologian is first recorded 1483, from O.Fr. theologien (14c.). A petty or paltry theologist is a theologaster (1621), coined in M.L. by Martin Luther (1518).
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| 1. | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth |
| 2. | a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology" |
| 3. | the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
theology [θiˈolədʒi] noun
the study of God and religious belief
See also: theologian
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theology
The disciplined study of religious questions, such as the nature of God, sin, and salvation.
[Chapter:] World Literature, Philosophy, and Religion
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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
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. Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a just value for regularity and systems. --I. Watts. A representation of phenomena, in order to answer the purposes of science, must be systematic. --Whewell. 2. Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence. 3. Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical. These ends may be called cosmical, or systematical. --Boyle. 4. (Med.) Affecting successively the different parts of the system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration. Systematic theology. See under Theology.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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