Where does the term theology come from? - ANS From two Greek words, Theos meaning God
and logos meaning word. literally discourse about God.
theology in an academic world - ANS theology is the systematic study of the ideas of a religion,
including their sources, historical development, mutual relationship and applications
Sources - ANS scripture, tradition, reason, experience
scripture - ANS The bible, or christian scriptures, is a body of text that christian recognize as
sacred; two primary parts- old testament and new testament
old testament - ANS Hebrew bible, primarily written in Hebrew and is sacred to Hebrew people
Pentateuch - ANS first five books of the old testament; also called the five books of the law
major prophets - ANS the first 4 prophetic writing of the old testament
minor prophets - ANS the 12 remaining prophetic writing of the old testament
New testament - ANS consists of 27 books with the gospels; ends with the book of revelation,
which represents a vision of the end of history in which the writer professes to have been
allowed to see heaven
gospels - ANS basically means "good news" and includes gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John
synoptic gospels - ANS the first three gospels, the 4th gospel of john is set apart for literary and
character reasons
pastoral and catholic epistles - ANS letters
the "canon" of scripture - ANS indicates limits that have been set by the consensus of the
christian community to the texts that may be regarded as "scriptural"
4 standard method of biblical interpretation - ANS literal, allegorical, moral, anagogical
literal sense - ANS the text was taken at face value
allegorical sense - ANS storytelling (aesop's fables), which interpreted otherwise obscure
passages for statements of doctrine
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