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Christian theology

/ˌkrɪstʃən θiˌɑlədʒi/

Other forms: Christian theologies

Definitions of Christian theology
  1. noun
    the teachings of Christian churches
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    Christology
    the branch of theology concerned with the person and attributes and deeds of Christ
    Jesuitism, Jesuitry
    the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic)
    patristics, patrology
    the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers
    polemics
    the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors
    soteriology
    the branch of Christian theology that deals with salvation as the effect of a divine agency
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    theological system, theology
    a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings
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