Glossaries

Saturday, 18 May 2024, 5:08 PM

Site: Birmingham Theological Seminary

Course: Building Your Theology (Building Your Theology)

Glossary: Glossary for Lessons 1-2

Huguenots

Reformed Christians persecuted in France during reformation

Reformed

Calvinistic school of theology, with emphasis on transcendency of God, unity of Scripture, and transformation of culture

Dordt

Name of city in Holland where a synod debated the Arminian contoversy and decided in favor of the Five Points of Calvinism

Knox

Last name of Scottish reformer

Transcendence

Attribute of God, referring to His superiority to man, especially His eternality, immutability, sovereignty, aseity, omnipotence, and omnipresence

Immanence

Attribute of God, referring to His closeness to man, especially His kindness, mercy, love, tenderness, patience, and presence

Niebuhr

Last name of theologian that expressed five different positions regarding the relationship between Christians and culture

Dispensationalism

Theological school of thought that tends to emphasize the differences between the Old Testament and the New Testament

Theos

Greek word for "God" (transliteration)

Logos

Greek word for the science, doctrine, or study of something. It also means "word."

Orthodoxy

Right or straight thinking

Orthopraxis

Right behavior or practice

Orthopathos

Right or correct feelings or emotions

Soteriology

The doctrine of salvation

Ecclesiology

The doctrine of the church

Anthropology

In theology, it means the study of the doctrine of man.

Pneumatology

In theology, it is the doctrine of the Holy Spirit.

Christology

The doctrine of Christ

Eschatology

Doctrine of the end times

Hermeneutics

The study of the proper interpretation of Scripture.

General

Word used to describe the kind of revelation that comes to all of humanity through nature and history

Thomas

First name of famous theologian from Aquinas who lived during the Middle Ages (1225-1274). He is considered a key theologian by Roman Catholics. Wrote Summa Theologica.

Hodge

Last name of famous theologian from Princeton (1797-1879). First name: Charles. Wrote Systematic Theology