The History of Christian Theology
baptism: From a Greek verb meaning “to dip” or “immerse;” a ritual washing marking Christian beliefs of death of sin with Christ ...
Glossary Cappadocians: Collective term for 4th century Greek speaking Christian theologians from Cappadocia in ancient Asia (mod ...
Charismatic movement: Once known as “neo Pentecostalism,” this is a widespread movement among mainline Protestant and Catholic c ...
Glossary communicatio idiomatum: Latin for “the sharing of characteristics,” the phrase refers to a Christological doctrine deve ...
Congregatio de Auxiliis: A series of formal debates about the help of divine grace (de Auxiliis means “about the help”) held in ...
Glossary creature: In theology, a technical term meaning “something God created.” The term designates absolutely everything that ...
Dispensationalism: A theological movement originating in the late 19th century based on biblical interpretation that divides his ...
Glossary double predestination: A version of the Augustinian doctrine of predestination, originating with Calvin but arguably fo ...
and the Second Vatican Council) are not regarded as truly ecumenical by other churches. Also, many Protestants do not accept all ...
Glossary encyclical: From the Greek word for “circular” (because an encyclical was originally a letter circulated among the bish ...
Erastianism: From a now obscure Swiss theologian named Erastus (d. 1583), the view of an inÀ uential party within the Anglican t ...
Glossary evangelicalism: In English speaking countries, this term refers broadly to low-church movements beginning in the 18th c ...
¿ lioque: Latin term meaning “and of the Son,” from a clause in the Western version of the Nicene Creed saying that the Holy Spi ...
Glossary Gospel: English translation of the Greek (New Testament) term evangelion, meaning “good news.” This is a central term i ...
heresiologists: Church fathers writing against heresy, typically by producing a book cataloguing the views of a large number of ...
Glossary homoousios: Key term used in the Nicene Creed to describe the relation of the Son to the Father, translated into Englis ...
impassibility: An attribute of God, according to Platonism and the church fathers, which means that he suffers no passions. That ...
Glossary infused: From the Latin word for “poured in” (derived from Romans 5:5, “The love of God is poured out in our hearts by ...
northern area of Galilee, is in one sense a Jew (that is, an Israelite) but in another sense not, because he does not come from ...
Glossary liberalism: Not to be confused with political liberalism with which it is sometimes but not always in alliance with the ...
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