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Christian theology
The systematic study of the nature of God and religion.
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Protestantism
Religion; Christian theology
A term used in the aftermath of the Diet of Speyer (1529) to designate those who "protested" against the practices and beliefs of the Roman Catholic church. Prior to 1529, such individuals and ...
modalism
Religion; Christian theology
A Trinitarian heresy, which treats the three persons of the Trinity as different "modes" of the Godhead. A typical modalist approach is to regard God as active as Father in creation, as Son in ...
two natures, doctrine of
Religion; Christian theology
A term generally used to refer to the doctrine of the two natures, human and divine, of Jesus Christ. Related terms include "Chalcedonian definition" and "hypostatic union. "
theodicy
Religion; Christian theology
A term coined by Leibnitz to refer to a theoretical justification of the goodness of God in the face of the presence of evil in the world.
fundamentalism
Religion; Christian theology
A form of American Protestant Christianity which lays especial emphasis upon the authority of an inerrant Bible.
magisterial Reformation
Religion; Christian theology
A term used to refer to the Lutheran and Reformed wings of the Reformation, as opposed to the radical wing (Anabaptism).
Arianism
Religion; Christian theology
A major early Christological heresy, which treated Jesus Christ as the supreme of God's creatures, and denied his divine status. The Arian controversy was of major importance in the development of ...
