theological

(adjective)

Of or relating to theology.

Related Terms

Examples of theological in the following topics:

  • The Great Awakening

    • In the late colonial period, most pastors read their sermons, which were theologically dense and advanced a particular theological argument or interpretation [].

  • Impact of the Protestant Reformation

    • The Reformation was a religious movement in the 16th century that resulted in the theological divide between Roman Catholics and Protestants.
    • The Protestant Reformation was a religious movement that occurred in Western Europe during the 16th century that resulted in the theological divide between Roman Catholics and Protestants.
    • This is the direct influence of one major criticism of the Catholic Church during the Reformation—that painters created biblical scenes that strayed from their true story, were hard to identify, and were embellished with painterly effects instead of focusing on the theological message.

  • Calvinism

    • Calvinism is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice of John Calvin and is characterized by the doctrine of predestination in the salvation of souls.
    • Calvinism is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice of John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians.
    • While the Reformed theological tradition addresses all of the traditional topics of Christian theology, the word Calvinism is sometimes used to refer to particular Calvinist views on soteriology (the saving of the soul from sin and death) and predestination, which are summarized in part by the Five Points of Calvinism.
    • The book was written as an introductory textbook on the Protestant faith for those with some previous knowledge of theology, and covered a broad range of theological topics, from the doctrines of church and sacraments to justification by faith alone and Christian liberty.
    • The "Five Points of Calvinism" summarize the faith's basic tenets, although some historians contend that it distorts the nuance of Calvin's own theological positions.

  • Ecumenism

    • The ecumenical movement is understood to have emerged from the Roman Catholic Church's attempts reconcile with other Christians who had separated over theological issues.
    • Many theologians of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxies engage in theological dialogue with each other and with some Western churches, but this stops short of full communion.

  • Icons and Iconoclasm

    • Iconoclasm has generally been motivated theologically by an Old Covenant interpretation of the Ten Commandments, which forbade the making and worshiping of "graven images. " The two periods of iconoclasm in the Byzantine Empire during the 8th and 9th centuries made use of this theological theme in discussions over the propriety of images of holy figures, including Christ, the Virgin and saints.

  • Christian Fundamentalism

    • A second school of thought developed in the mid-19th century from Princeton Theology, a conservative, reformed and Presbyterian strain of Protestantism taught at the Princeton Theological Seminary.
    • They also addressed what was considered the falsity of theological systems such as Christian Science, "Millennial Dawnism", and Mormonism, as well as the errors of "Romanism".
    • Chafer, who had founded the Dallas Theological Seminary in 1924.
    • Princeton Theological Seminary in the 1800s, where a school of thought called Princeton Theology developed that would be extremely influential in Fundamentalist belief.

  • Religious Symbols

    • Universalism refers to religious, theological and philosophical concepts with universal application or applicability.

  • Populism and Religion

    • Bryan served on organizations containing a large number of theological liberals—he sat on the temperance committee of the Federal Council of Churches and on the general committee of the short-lived Inter-church World Movement.
    • The campaign kicked off in October 1921, when the Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia invited Bryan to deliver the James Sprunt Lectures.

  • The Social Gospel

    • Theologically, the Social Gospellers sought to operationalize the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:10): "Thy kingdom come.
    • Social Gospel leaders were predominantly associated with the liberal wing of the Progressive movement, and most were theologically liberal, although they were typically conservative when it came to their views on social issues.

  • Rituals

    • Catholic Sunday mass is a type of religious ritual that represents the religious culture of Catholicism and enacts theological doctrinal beliefs.