Theology

[θiː'ɒlədʒɪ] or [θɪ'ɑlədʒi]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); 'he studied theology at Oxford'.

(noun.) the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth.

(noun.) a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; 'Jewish theology'; 'Roman Catholic theology'.

沙琳編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life."

編輯:纳内特

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Divinity, true doctrine concerning God and his relations to man, scientific statement of the facts of religion.

菲力克斯校對

解釋/意思:

n. the science which treats of God and of man's duty to Him—Natural as discoverable by the light of reason alone; or Positive or Revealed based on the study of divine revelation.—ns. Theol′ogaster (-gas-) a shallow fellow who pretends to a knowledge of theology; Theol′ogate (-gāt) the course of study for R.C. priests; Theol′oger a theologian; Theolō′gian one well versed in theology: a divine a professor of or writer on divinity esp. in R.C. usage a theological lecturer attached to a cathedral church—also Theolō′gus (-gus).—adjs. Theolog′ic -al pertaining to theology or divinity.—adv. Theolog′ically.—n. Theolog′ics theological disputation.—v.t. Theol′ogise to render theological.—v.i. to make a system of theology.—ns. Theol′ogiser one who theologises; Theol′ogist a student in the science of theology: a theologian; Thē′ologue (-log) a theologian esp. a theological student.

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