Theologies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Theology \The*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Theologies}. [L. theologia, Gr.
     ?; ? God + ? discourse: cf. F. th['e]ologie. See {Theism},
     and {Logic}.]
     The science of God or of religion; the science which treats
     of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws
     and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the


     duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly
     understood) "the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the
     systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of
     Christian faith and life."
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           Many speak of theology as a science of religion
           [instead of "science of God"] because they disbelieve
           that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.
                                                    --Prof. R.
                                                    Flint (Enc.
                                                    Brit.).
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           Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the
           region of the intellect what religion represents in the
           heart and life of man.                   --Gladstone.
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     {Ascetic theology}, {Natural theology}. See {Ascetic},
        {Natural}.
  
     {Moral theology}, that phase of theology which is concerned
        with moral character and conduct.
  
     {Revealed theology}, theology which is to be learned only
        from revelation.
  
     {Scholastic theology}, theology as taught by the scholastics,
        or as prosecuted after their principles and methods.
  
     {Speculative theology}, theology as founded upon, or
        influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy.
  
     {Systematic theology}, that branch of theology of which the
        aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of
        statements that together shall constitute an organized
        whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).
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