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Christian theology

The systematic study of the nature of God and religion.

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Christian theology

sacrament

Religion; Christian theology

In purely historical terms, a church service or rite which was held to have been instituted by Jesus Christ himself. Although Roman Catholic theology and church practice recognize seven such ...

adiaphora

Religion; Christian theology

Literally, "matters of indifference. " Beliefs or practices which the sixteenth-century Reformers regarded as being tolerable, in that they were neither explicitly rejected nor stipulated by ...

Vulgate

Religion; Christian theology

The Latin translation of the Bible, largely deriving from Jerome, upon which medieval theology was largely based. Strictly speaking, "Vulgate" designates Jerome's translation of the Old Testament ...

confession

Religion; Christian theology

Although the term refers primarily to the admission of sin, it acquired a rather different technical sense in the sixteenth century - that of a document which embodies the principles of faith of a ...

Scripture principle

Religion; Christian theology

The theory, especially associated with Reformed theologians, that the practices and beliefs of the church should be grounded in Scripture. Nothing that could not be demonstrated to be grounded in ...

Augustinianism

Religion; Christian theology

1) Refers to the views of Augustine of Hippo concerning the doctrine of salvation, in which the need for divine grace is stressed. In this sense, the term is the antithesis of Pelagianism. 2) The ...

parousia

Religion; Christian theology

A Greek term, which literally means "coming" or "arrival," used to refer to the second coming of Christ. The notion of the parousia is an important aspect of Christian understandings of the "last ...

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