Sunday, 19 May 2024, 4:07 PM
Site: Birmingham Theological Seminary
Course: Building Systematic Theology (Building Systematic Theology)
Glossary: Glossary for Lessons 1-3
Richard Ramsay
AnthropologyIn theology, it is the doctrine of man. |
BibliologyThe study of the Bible |
Compositional collationProcess of using several different arguments to defend a point of view. |
DualismBelief that the spiritual world is good, but the material world is evil |
EcclesiologyThe doctrine of the Church |
EschatologyThe doctrine of the last things |
Factual reductionProcess of focusing on only one point of a Bible passage that has the purpose of communicating other points as well |
JustificationIt sometimes means a person is declared righteous when he believes in Christ, as in Romans 3:28, and it sometimes means a person is shown to be righteous in his way of life, as in James 2:24. |
MysticismBelief system that emphasizes the need to go beyond reason to receive revelation through spiritual ecstasy |
Neo-Platonism A philosophical school rooted in Plato, but including new ideas by philosophers such as Plotinus. |
OrthodoxyCorrect thinking |
OrthopathosCorrect feeling |
OrthopraxisCorrect living |
Patristic TheologyTheology during the period of 150-600 A.D. |
PremiseIn a syllogism, this is one of the first statements that lead to a conclusion. For example, in the following syllogism, "1. All men are mortal. 2. Socrates is a man. Conclusion: Socrates is mortal.", there are two: "All men are mortal" and "Socrates is a man." |
PropositionA meaningful sentence that declares something which can be evaluated either as true or as false. |
RationalismBelief system that emphasizes the uses of reason and human reflection |
Repetitive collationThe process of using a series of Bible passages with similar content to present an argument for a theological point of view |
SanctificationThis term can refer to several different aspects of righteousness: a. first righteousness, or definitive righteousness for Christians, b. progressive ongoing holiness in Christians, and c. being set apart from the rest of the world, even though a person is not a Christian. |
ScholasticismSchool of theology during the medieval period, that put great emphasis on the use of Aristotelian logic |
SoteriologyThe doctrine of salvation |
SyllogismA logical argument in which two or more premises lead to a conclusion. For example, "1. All men are mortal. 2. Socrates is a man. Conclusion: Socrates is mortal." |
SyncretismThe practice of mixing religions or mixing philosophy with religion. |
Systematic TheologyA systematic presentation of all the doctrinal truths of the Christian religion. |
Theological PropositionAn indicative sentence that asserts as directly as possible at least one factual theological claim |
Theology ProperThe doctrine of God |