Saturday, 18 May 2024, 2:53 PM
Site: Birmingham Theological Seminary
Course: Building Systematic Theology (Building Systematic Theology)
Glossary: Glossary for Lesson 1

Systematic Theology

A systematic presentation of all the doctrinal truths of the Christian religion.

Bibliology

The study of the Bible

Theology Proper

The doctrine of God

Anthropology

In theology, it is the doctrine of man.

Soteriology

The doctrine of salvation

Ecclesiology

The doctrine of the Church

Eschatology

The doctrine of the last things

Patristic Theology

Theology during the period of 150-600 A.D.

Neo-Platonism

A philosophical school rooted in Plato, but including new ideas by philosophers such as Plotinus

Syncretism

The practice of mixing religions or mixing philosophy with religion.

Dualism

Belief that the spiritual world is good, but the material world is evil

Rationalism

Belief system that emphasizes the uses of reason and human reflection

Mysticism

Belief system that emphasizes the need to go beyond reason to receive revelation through spiritual ecstasy

Scholasticism

School of theology during the medieval period, that put great emphasis on the use of Aristotelian logic

Orthodoxy

Correct thinking

Orthopraxis

Correct living

Orthopathos

Correct feeling