Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Theology
THEOLOGY, literally the science which deals with God or the gods. The word is Greek (Geos, God; Xo-yos, theory). But doctrine counted for less in Greek or Roman religion than in Christianity, and forms of worship for more. In the oldest usage #60X6701 were tho ...
Vol. 26, pp. 772-785 · ocr-imported-page-alignedAristotle
... e, Zenone et Corgia : On Xenophancs, Zeno and Gorgias. D. PRIMARY PHILOSOPHY OR THEOLOGY OR WISDOM Td |Mrd rd <^u<ri«d: Metaphysica: On being as bein^ and its properties, its causes and principles, and on God as the motive motor of the world. E. PRACTICAL I. ' ...
Vol. 2, pp. 501-521 · ocr-imported-page-alignedEnergy
... s born at Parchim, in Mecklenburg, on the i ith of September 1 741 . He studied theology at Rostock and Biitzow, and philosophy at Leipzig, where he took his doctor's degree. In 1776 he was appointed professor of moral philosophy and belles-lettres in the Joac ...
Vol. 9, pp. 398-405 · ocr-imported-page-alignedUnited States
... good work. Such men as Jonathan Edwards had excelled in various departments of theology, and American preaching had reached a high degree of quality and influence; and, in the line of politics, the American state papers rank among the very best of their kind. ...
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