| has gloss | (noun) someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
theologiser, theologist, theologian, theologizer |
| lexicalization | eng: theologian |
| lexicalization | eng: theologiser |
| lexicalization | eng: theologist |
| lexicalization | eng: theologizer |
| subclass of | (noun) a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
bookman, student, scholarly person, scholar |
| Note: 39 other subclass(es) ommited in the following list |
| has subclass | (noun) a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future
futurist |
| has subclass | (noun) a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) are being fulfilled at the present time
presentist |
| has subclass | (noun) a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled
preterist |
| has subclass | (noun) (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
Church Father, Father, Father of the Church |
| has subclass | c/20th-century theologians |
| has subclass | c/Australian theologians |
| has subclass | c/Baptist theologians |
| has subclass | c/Brazilian Christian theologians |
| has subclass | c/British Christian theologians |
| has subclass | c/Catholic theologians |
| has subclass | c/Fictional theologians |
| has subclass | c/Flemish theologians |
| has subclass | c/French Christian theologians |
| has subclass | c/German Lutheran theologians |
| has subclass | c/German Roman Catholic theologians |
| has subclass | c/Ghanaian theologians |
| has subclass | c/Hindu theologians |
| has subclass | c/Hispanic theologians |
| has subclass | c/Hungarian theologians |
| has subclass | c/Indian Christian theologians |
| has subclass | c/Irish Christian theologians |
| has subclass | c/Irish theologians |
| has subclass | c/Jewish theologians |
| has subclass | c/Lay theologians |
| has subclass | c/Liberation theologians |
| has subclass | c/Lutheran theologians |
| has subclass | c/New Zealand theologians |
| has subclass | c/Pentecostal theologians |
| has subclass | c/Queer Theologians |
| has subclass | c/Queer theologians |
| has subclass | c/Roman Catholic theologians |
| has subclass | c/Romanian theologians |
| has subclass | c/Serbian theologians |
| has subclass | c/Seventh-day Adventist theologians |
| has subclass | c/Spanish Christian theologians |
| has subclass | c/Swiss Christian theologians |
| has subclass | c/Theologians by nationality |
| has subclass | c/Theologists |
| has subclass | c/Uruguayan theologians |
| has subclass | c/Wikipedian theologians |
| Note: 5 other instance(s) ommited in the following list |
| has instance | (noun) French philosopher and theologian; lover of Heloise (1079-1142)
Abelard, Pierre Abelard, Peter Abelard |
| has instance | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)
St. Ambrose, Ambrose, Saint Ambrose |
| has instance | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274)
Saint Thomas, St. Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Aquinas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas |
| has instance | (noun) a Greek who was a Christian theologian active in Alexandria and who was declared a heretic for his doctrines about God (which came to be known as Arianism) (256?-336)
Arius |
| has instance | (noun) Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609)
Jakob Hermandszoon, Jacob Harmensen, Arminius, Jacobus Arminius |
| has instance | (noun) Italian theologian who censured the worldly possessions of monks and the temporal power of bishops and was condemned for dogmatic errors by the Second Lateran Council (early 12th century)
Arnold of Brescia |
| has instance | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373)
St. Athanasius, Athanasius, Athanasius the Great, Saint Athanasius |
| has instance | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430)
Saint Augustine, Augustine of Hippo, St. Augustine, Augustine |
| has instance | (noun) Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968)
Barth, Karl Barth |
| has instance | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
Basil the Great, Basil, St. Basil the Great, Basil of Caesarea, St. Basil |
| has instance | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
Baeda, St. Bede, the Venerable Bede, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, Saint Baeda, Bede, Saint Bede, St. Beda |
| has instance | (noun) German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world; an active opponent of Nazism, he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald and later executed (1906-1945)
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
| has instance | (noun) a Lutheran theologian in Germany (1884-1976)
Rudolf Karl Bultmann, Rudolf Bultmann, Bultmann |
| has instance | (noun) Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
John Calvin, Jean Caulvin, Calvin, Jean Chauvin, Jean Cauvin |
| has instance | (noun) Scottish theologian who was very influential in the Middle Ages (1265-1308)
John Duns Scotus, Duns Scotus |
| has instance | (noun) a German Roman Catholic theologian who was an indefatigable opponent of Martin Luther (1486-1543)
Eck, Johann Maier Eck, Johann Maier, Johann Eck |
| has instance | (noun) German Roman Catholic theologian and mystic (1260-1327)
Johannes Eckhart, Eckhart, Meister Eckhart |
| has instance | (noun) Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)
Desiderius Erasmus, Gerhard Gerhards, Geert Geerts, Erasmus |
| has instance | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391)
Gregory of Nazianzen, Gregory, Gregory Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen |
| has instance | (noun) English theologian (1554-1600)
Richard Hooker, Hooker |
| has instance | (noun) United States educator and theologian (1802-1887)
Hopkins, Mark Hopkins |
| has instance | (noun) Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556)
St. Ignatius of Loyola, Loyola, Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Ignatius of Loyola |
| has instance | (noun) a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638)
Cornelius Jansenius, Cornelis Jansen, Jansen |
| has instance | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
Eusebius Hieronymus, Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Hieronymus |
| has instance | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople; a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407)
St. John Chrysostom, John Chrysostom |
| has instance | (noun) Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572)
John Knox, Knox |
| has instance | (noun) German theologian who led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (1483-1546)
Luther, Martin Luther |
| has instance | (noun) German theologian and Luther's successor as leader of the Reformation in Germany (1497-1560)
Philipp Schwarzerd, Philipp Melanchthon, Melanchthon |
| has instance | (noun) English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890)
Newman, Cardinal Newman, John Henry Newman |
| has instance | (noun) United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971)
Reinhold Niebuhr, Niebuhr |
| has instance | (noun) Greek philosopher and theologian who reinterpreted Christian doctrine through the philosophy of Neoplatonism; his work was later condemned as unorthodox (185-254)
Origen |
| has instance | (noun) English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882)
Edward Pusey, Edward Bouverie Pusey, Pusey |
| has instance | (noun) Italian theologian who argued against Trinitarianism (1539-1604)
Socinus, Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Faustus Socinus |
| has instance | (noun) Swedish theologian (1688-1772)
Emanuel Svedberg, Svedberg, Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedenborg |
| has instance | (noun) Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian theology (160-230)
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, Tertullian |
| has instance | (noun) United States theologian (born in Germany) (1886-1965)
Tillich, Paul Tillich, Paul Johannes Tillich |
| has instance | (noun) English poet and theologian (1674-1748)
Isaac Watts, Watts |
| has instance | (noun) English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384)
John Wickliffe, Wiclif, Wycliffe, John Wiclif, Wyclif, John Wyclif, John Wycliffe, Wickliffe |
| has instance | e/Nathan Bangs |
| has instance | c/fr/Liturgiste |