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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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