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Dictionary of Theology

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A reference dictionary of theological terms and concepts, beginning with common abbreviations like A.D. (Anno Domini). The work provides concise definitions and explanations of key theological vocabulary for students and ministers.

380 Chapters

Table of Contents

1 A.D. 2 A priori 3 Abaddon 4 Absolution 5 Abyss 6 Active Obedience 7 Adiaphora 8 Adoptionism 9 Advent 10 Agnosticism 11 Albigenses 12 Amillennialism 13 Anabaptists 14 Angel 15 Animism 16 Annihilationism 17 Anthropic Principle 18 Anthropomorphic 19 Antichrist 20 Antinomianism 21 Apollyon 22 Apparition 23 Apocalypse 24 Apocrypha 25 Apollinarianism 26 Apologetics 27 Apostasy 28 Apostle 29 Archangel 30 Argument from Design 31 Argumentum ad hominem 32 Argumentum ad judicium 33 Argumentum ad populum 34 Argumentum ad verecundiam 35 Arianism 36 Ark of the Covenant 37 Armageddon 38 Arminianism 39 Ascension 40 Ascended Master 41 Assumption 42 Assurance 43 Astral Projection 44 Astrology 45 Atheism 46 Atonement 47 Aura 48 Autograph 49 Autonomy 50 Baal 51 Babel 52 Babel, Tower of 53 Baptism 54 Baptismal Regeneration 55 Bible 56 Blasphemy 57 Book of Life 58 Born Again 59 Bride of Christ 60 C.E. 61 Caesar 62 Calvary 63 Calvinism 64 Canon 65 Capital punishment 66 Capital sins 67 Catholic 68 Causality 69 Chakra 70 Channeling 71 Charismatic Gifts 72 Charity 73 Cherub/Cherubim 74 Chiliasm 75 Christ 76 Christian 77 Christology 78 Church 79 Circumcision 80 Cities of refuge 81 Clergy 82 Codex 83 Common Grace 84 Communicatio idiomatum 85 Communion 86 Condemnation 87 Conditional immortality 88 Confession 89 Confessional 90 Confirmation 91 Congregation 92 Consubstantiation 93 Contrition 94 Conversion 95 Conviction 96 Coptic 97 Corban 98 Cosmological argument 99 Cosmology 100 Covenant 101 Covenant Theology 102 Creation 103 Creationism 104 Cross 105 Cult 106 Damnation 107 Deacons 108 Death 109 Decalogue 110 Decrees, of God 111 Deduction 112 Depravity 113 Deism 114 Deity 115 Demon 116 Deontology 117 Determinism 118 Devil 119 Dialectic 120 Diaspora 121 Dichotomy 122 Didache 123 Didactics 124 Diocese 125 Disciple 126 Dispensation, dispensationalism 127 Divination 128 Divinity 129 Docetism 130 Doctrine 131 Dogma 132 Donatism 133 Dowsing 134 Dualism 135 Ecclesiology 136 Edify 137 Efficacy 138 Eisegesis 139 Elect, Election 140 Empiricism 141 Epistemology 142 Eschatology 143 Eternal life 144 Eternal Security 145 Ethics 146 Eucharist 147 Eunuch 148 Eutychianism 149 Evil 150 Evolution 151 Excommunication 152 Exegesis 153 Existentialism 154 Expiation 155 Faith 156 Fall, The 157 False Prophet, (The) 158 Falsifiability 159 Fast, Fasting 160 Fatalism 161 Fellowship 162 Fideism 163 Filioque 164 Firstborn 165 Forgiveness 166 Fool 167 Foreknow, Foreknowledge 168 Free Knowledge 169 Free will 170 Freethinker 171 Gehenna 172 Gentile 173 Gifts, Spiritual Gifts 174 Gnosticism 175 God 176 Gods, False 177 Gospel 178 Grace 179 Great White Brotherhood 180 Guilt 181 Hades 182 Hamartiology 183 Heaven 184 Hedonism 185 Hell 186 Henotheism 187 Heresy 188 Heterodoxy 189 Higher Self 190 Homiletics 191 Holy, Holiness 192 Holy Orders 193 Holy Spirit, The 194 Holy Water 195 Humanism 196 Humility 197 Hypostatic Union 198 Idol, Idolatry 199 Immaculate Conception 200 Image of God 201 Immutability 202 Immortality 203 Impute, Imputation 204 In facto 205 In fieri 206 Incarnation 207 Induction 208 Indulgence 209 Inerrancy 210 Infant baptism 211 Infidel 212 Infinity 213 Infralapsarianism 214 Inspiration 215 Intermediate state 216 Jehovah 217 Jesus 218 Jesus Only Movement 219 Jews 220 Judgment 221 Just, Justice 222 Justify, Justification 223 Karma 224 Kenosis 225 Kingdom of God 226 Laity 227 Naturalistic evolution 228 Law 229 Law of non-contradiction 230 Laying on of hands 231 Liberalism 232 Limited atonement 233 Logic 234 Logos 235 Man 236 Manuscript 237 Martyr 238 Mass 239 Materialism 240 Means of Grace 241 Mediation, Mediator 242 Mercy 243 Messiah 244 Metaphysics 245 Middle Knowledge 246 Millennium 247 Minuscule 248 Miracle 249 Modalism 250 Monarchianism 251 Monergism 252 Monism 253 Monophysitism 254 Monolatry 255 Monotheism 256 Moral government theology 257 Mormonism 258 Mortal Sin 259 Natural knowledge 260 Naturalism 261 Neo-orthodoxy 262 Nestorianism 263 Nun 264 Objectivism 265 Occam's Razor 266 Occult 267 Omnipotence 268 Omnipresence 269 Omniscience 270 Ontological Argument 271 Ontology 272 Oracles 273 Ordination 274 Ordo salutis 275 Original Sin 276 Orthodoxy 277 Panentheism 278 Pantheism 279 Papyrus 280 Parable 281 Paradise 282 Parapsychology 283 Parousia 284 Pascal's Wager 285 Pedobaptism 286 Pelagianism 287 Penance 288 Pentateuch 289 Pentecost 290 Permissive decree 291 Perseverance 292 Person 293 Pharisee 294 Philosophy 295 Pluralism 296 Pneumatology 297 Polytheism 298 Postmillennialism 299 Postmodernism 300 Pragmatism 301 Prayer 302 Pre-Adamites 303 Pre-existence 304 Predestine, Predestination 305 Premillennialism 306 Preterition 307 Priest 308 Prophet 309 Propitiation 310 Purgatory 311 Rapture 312 Rationalism 313 Reconcile, Reconciliation 314 Redemption 315 Regeneration 316 Reincarnation 317 Relativism 318 Religion 319 Repentance 320 Resurrection, resurrection bodies 321 Revelation 322 Righteousness 323 Rosary 324 Sacerdotalism 325 Sacrament 326 Sadducee 327 Salvation 328 Sanctify, Sanctification 329 Sanhedrin 330 Scholasticism 331 Scriptures 332 Second Coming, The 333 Septuagint, The (LXX) 334 Sin 335 Skepticism 336 Sola Fide 337 Sola Gratia 338 Sola Scriptura 339 Son of God 340 Soteriology 341 Soul Sleep 342 Sovereignty 343 Spiritual Gifts 344 Subjectivism 345 Supralapsarianism 346 Synagogue 347 Synergism 348 Synoptic Gospels 349 Tabernacle 350 Teleological argument 351 Teleology 352 Temptation 353 Testament 354 Tetragrammaton (YHWH) 355 Theism 356 Theodicy 357 Theology 358 Theophany 359 Tithe 360 Total Depravity 361 Transcendence 362 Transfiguration 363 Transubstantiation 364 Tribulation, The 365 Trichotomy 366 Trinity 367 Type, Typology 368 Tritheism 369 Uncial 370 Unitarianism 371 Universalism 372 Vellum 373 Venial Sin 374 Vicarious Atonement 375 Word, The 376 Worship 377 Wrath 378 Yin and Yang 379 Yoga 380 Zodiac

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