Theology

Theology is the critical study of the nature of the divine. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities, seminaries and schools of divinity.

Definition

Augustine of Hippo defined the Latin equivalent, theologia, as "reasoning or discussion concerning the Deity"; Richard Hooker defined "theology"…

Dionysius the Areopagite: On the Divine Names and the Mystical Theology by Rolt, Clarence Edwin (1880-1917)

... the Divine Names and Mystical Theology are two of the greatest ... Both On the Divine Names and Mystical Theology emphasize the transcendence of God, and ... 's theological method--often called "negative theology" because it never made positive affirmations about ...

Rolt, Clarence Edwin (1880-1917)

British scholar and translator

Systematic Theology by Berkhof, Louis (1873-1957)

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Berkhof, Louis (1873-1957)

Reformed theologian

Institutes of the Christian Religion by Calvin, John (1509-1564)

... Reformation, the Institutes has remained important for Protestant theology for almost five centuries. Written to "aid those ...

Calvin, John (1509-1564)

French reformer and theologian

Abstract of Systematic Theology by Boyce, James Petigru (1827-1888)

... Baptist Theological Seminary, described his Abstract of Systematic Theology as follows: “This volume is published rather as ...

Boyce, James Petigru (1827-1888)

Systematic Theology [1878] by Finney, Charles Grandison (1792-1875)

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Finney, Charles Grandison (1792-1875)

American revivalist preacher and educator