Though considered the sub-discipline of Christian theology, it deals specifically with the being, attributes , and works of God. Because the Christian concept of God is triune, trinitarian considerations are presupposed when undertaking this discipline. As such, it often includes the study of the Holy Spirit (Pneumatology) and the study of Jesus Christ (Christology).

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[teks’-tus ree-sep’-tus]
(Latin, “received text”)
The name given to the edition of the Greek New Testament first published by Erasmus in the early sixteenth-century. The Textus Receptus, at the time of Erasmus, represented a small collection of Byzantine texts and, despite its name, is considered by most scholars today, conservative and liberal, to be representative of an […]

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[thee-awd’-ih-see]
(Greek theos, “god” + Greek dike, “justice” = “the justice of God“)
The branch of theology (and philosophy) which attempts to harmonize the reality of evil with an omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent God. More specifically, it endeavors to vindicate the divine attributes of God, particularly with respect to holiness and justice.
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Also referred to as “free will theism” and “openness theology,”it is the belief that God does not exercise meticulous control of the universe but leaves it “open” for humans to make significant free will choices that impact their relationships with God and others. A corollary of this is that God has not predetermined the future. […]

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[cat-uh-fat’-ik thee-aw’-luh-jee]
(Greek kata- <as an affirmative> + Greek phanai, “speak” = kataphasis, “affirmation”)
Often called “positive theology,” cataphatic theology describes the theological methodology of those who focus on God’s self-revelation as a coherent avenue of God’s communication. While finite men cannot understand an infinite God completely, they can understand him truly.

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[sis’-tuh-mat‘-ik thee-aw’-luh-jee]
A system of studying theology which draws from all sources of revelation in order to come to systematic conclusions about what has been revealed about the various theological disciplines.
www.reclaimingthemind.org

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[truh-doo‘-shuh-niz’-um]
(Latin tradux, “a shoot” or “a sprout”)
The theological position in anthropology which argues that God creates the soul indirectly through the parents as he does the body. Trudicianists believe that there is a distinction between the material (body) and immaterial (soul/spirit), but they do not believe that they are created through two separate acts of […]

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(Latin trinitas, “three”)
The doctrine or belief that there is one God who eternally exists in three distinct persons—the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—all of whom are fully God, and all of whom are equal. While the principles behind this doctrine are found in Scripture, the term “Trinity” itself is never used. Tertullian, a third-century church […]

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[tran’-sub-stan’-shee-ay‘-shun]
(Latin transsubstantiati, “change of substance”)
The Roman Catholic doctrine that refers to the change by which the substance (not the appearance) of the bread and wine in the Eucharist becomes the actual body and blood of Christ. That is, Jesus is not merely symbolically or figuratively present, but is really (or actually) present in what was […]

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(Latin, “the third way”)
This phrase was first used in the fourth century to refer to the Apollinarians solution to the question “Is Christ God or man?” The Apollinarians were said to have offered a “third way” in which Christ was neither God nor man. This phase is used generally to refer to a solution to […]

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