A folio of the Lindisfarne Gospels Theology

Religion

service and worshiop of God or the supernatural, or devotion to faith or observance, a principle or sysem of beliefs held to with order and faith.

Tagged: Theology

service and worshiop of God or the supernatural, or devotion to faith or observance, a principle or sysem of beliefs held to with order and faith.

More in Theology

  • Agnosticism — the belief that neither the existence or nature of God, nor the origin of the universe is knowable.
  • Atheism — A philosophy which posits "There is no God", the idea that the non-existence of God can be proved.
  • Eternity — time or existence without beginning or end
  • Ex-Nihilo — creation out of nothing
  • God — the supreme being
  • Incarnation — the dogma that the Son of God became an actual man in Jesus of Nazareth, born of the Virgin Mary. The term literally means taking on human flesh.
  • Natural Theology — that which utilized philosophical arguments for the existence of God without appealing to special revelation
  • Omnipotent — all powerful
  • Omnipresent — present everywhere
  • Omniscient — all-knowing
  • Pantheism — something exists beyond matter, therefore, since God does not exist, nature becomes God in all it's parts
  • Parousia — The second coming of Christ in glory which will usher in the full establishment of God's kingdom.
  • Supreme Being — rational uncreated spirit being who is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, immutable, transcendent and eternal
  • Theism — the belief in God
  • Theology — the study of God and all that relates to him
  • Transcendent — beyond normal limits or beyond limits of human experience, independent of material universe
  • Trinity — The Christian dogma which holds that in God there are 3 persons in one being, that God is a trinity in unity, that is a tri-unity of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
  • Yahweh — The Hebrew name for God. It means "I am Who Am".

Related Across the Site

  • Agnosticism Terminology — the belief that neither the existence or nature of God, nor the origin of the universe is knowable.
  • Atheism Terminology — A philosophy which posits "There is no God", the idea that the non-existence of God can be proved.
  • Eternity Terminology — time or existence without beginning or end
  • Ex-Nihilo Terminology — creation out of nothing
  • God Terminology — the supreme being
  • Incarnation Terminology — the dogma that the Son of God became an actual man in Jesus of Nazareth, born of the Virgin Mary. The term literally means taking on human flesh.
  • Natural Theology Terminology — that which utilized philosophical arguments for the existence of God without appealing to special revelation
  • Omnipotent Terminology — all powerful

Provenance

From the legacy CCWV definitions list, carried into the database as an entry of its own. Spelling of headwords is corrected, and where a legacy definition stated one tradition's judgment as the definition itself, the judgment is now attributed to that tradition.