Theologics
(The`o*log"ics) n. Theology. Young.
Theologist
(The*ol"o*gist) n. A theologian.
Theologize
(The*ol"o*gize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Theologized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Theologizing ] [Cf. F.
théologiser.] To render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology.
School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy theologized.
Glanvill. Theologize
(The*ol"o*gize), v. i. To frame a system of theology; to theorize or speculate upon theological
subjects.
Theologizer
(The*ol"o*gi`zer) n. One who theologizes; a theologian. [R.] Boyle.
Theologue
(The"o*logue) n. [Cf. L. theologus, Gr. and E. philologue.]
1. A theologian. Dryden.
Ye gentle theologues of calmer kind.
Young.
He [Jerome] was the theologue — and the word is designation enough.
I. Taylor. 2. A student in a theological seminary. [Written also theolog.] [Colloq. U. S.]
Theology
(The*ol"o*gy) n.; pl. Theologies [L. theologia, Gr. God + discourse: cf. F. théologie. 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."
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.).
Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the region of the intellect what religion represents in the
heart and life of man.
Gladstone. 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
Theomachist
(The*om"a*chist) n. [Cf. Gr. .] One who fights against the gods; one who resists God of
the divine will.
Theomachy
(The*om"a*chy) n. [Gr. a god + a battle.]
1. A fighting against the gods, as the battle of the gaints with the gods.
2. A battle or strife among the gods. Gladstone.
3. Opposition to God or the divine will. Bacon.
Theomancy
(The"o*man`cy) n. [Gr. a god + - mancy: cf. F. théomancie, Gr. a spirit of prophecy,.] A
kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.
