Theology proper
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Theology proper is the sub-discipline of systematic theology which deals specifically with the being, attributes and works of God. In Christian theology, and within the Trinitarian setting, this study includes: Paterology (the study of God the Father),[1] Christology (the study of Jesus Christ), and Pneumatology (the study of the Holy Spirit).[2]
Topics pertaining to theology proper[]
- Apophatic theology
- Attributes of God
- Cataphatic theology
- Divine simplicity
- Eternality
- Godhead (Christianity)
- God the Father
- Immutability
- Impassibility
- Kenosis
- Monotheism
- Omnipotence
- Omnipresence
- Omniscience
- Ontology
- Prescience
- The Transcendentals
- Trinitarian Theology
- Theodicy
- Theosis
References[]
- ^ Barackman 2001, p. 129.
- ^ Kärkkäinen 2002.
Sources[]
- Barackman, Floyd H. (2001). Practical Christian Theology: Examining the Great Doctrines of the Faith (4th ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications.
- Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti, ed. (2010). Holy Spirit and Salvation: The Sources of Christian Theology. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press.
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- Systematic theology
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