Definitions of theological system
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a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings
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synonyms:
theology
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Christian theology
the teachings of Christian churches
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liberation theology
a form of Christian theology (developed by South American Roman Catholics) that emphasizes social and political liberation as the anticipation of ultimate salvation
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natural theology
a theology that holds that knowledge of God can be acquired by human reason without the aid of divine revelation
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Christology
the branch of theology concerned with the person and attributes and deeds of Christ
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Jesuitism, Jesuitry
the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic)
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patristics, patrology
the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers
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polemics
the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors
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soteriology
the branch of Christian theology that deals with salvation as the effect of a divine agency
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system, system of rules
a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
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