| theology | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. divinity, theology | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth. |
| ~ redemption, salvation | (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil. |
| ~ creation | (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence. |
| ~ theology | the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary).; "he studied theology at Oxford" |
| ~ limbo | (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals). |
| ~ purgatory | (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins. |
| ~ divine guidance, inspiration | (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings.; "they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance" |
| ~ theanthropism | (theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine. |
| ~ foreordination, predetermination, preordination, predestination | (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind). |
| ~ discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study | a branch of knowledge.; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" |
| ~ angelology | the branch of theology that is concerned with angels. |
| ~ apologetics | the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines. |
| ~ ecclesiology | the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church. |
| ~ eschatology | the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind. |
| ~ hermeneutics | the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis. |
| ~ homiletics | the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies. |
| ~ liturgics, liturgiology | the study of liturgies. |
| ~ theodicy | the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil. |
| ~ theological system, theology | a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings.; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology" |
| ~ venial, minor | warranting only temporal punishment.; "venial sin" |
| ~ mortal, deadly | involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death.; "the seven deadly sins" |
| ~ universalist, universalistic | of or relating to or tending toward universalism. |
| ~ fundamentalist, fundamentalistic | of or relating to or tending toward fundamentalism. |
| ~ catechetical, catechetic | of or relating to or involving catechesis. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. theological system, theology | a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings.; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology" |
| ~ system of rules, system | a complex of methods or rules governing behavior.; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender" |
| ~ theology, divinity | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth. |
| ~ christian theology | the teachings of Christian churches. |
| ~ liberation theology | a form of Christian theology (developed by South American Roman Catholics) that emphasizes social and political liberation as the anticipation of ultimate salvation. |
| ~ natural theology | a theology that holds that knowledge of God can be acquired by human reason without the aid of divine revelation. |
| ~ procession, emanation, rise | (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son" |
| ~ foreordain, predestinate, predestine | foreordain by divine will or decree. |
| ~ reprobate | abandon to eternal damnation.; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner" |
| ~ reveal | disclose directly or through prophets.; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" |
| n. (act) | 3. theology | the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary).; "he studied theology at Oxford" |
| ~ learned profession | one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles. |
| ~ theology, divinity | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth. |
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