Creation - (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence

theology - the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford"

limbo - (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)

purgatory - (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins

divine guidance, inspiration - (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings; "they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance"

theanthropism - (theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine

foreordination, predetermination, preordination, predestination - (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)

branch of knowledge, discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

angelology - the branch of theology that is concerned with angels

apologetics - the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines

ecclesiology - the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church

eschatology - the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and judgment; heaven and hell; the end of the world

hermeneutics - the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis

homiletics - the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies

liturgics, liturgiology - the study of liturgies

theodicy - the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil

theological system, theology - a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology"

universalist, universalistic - of or relating to or tending toward universalism

fundamentalist, fundamentalistic - of or relating to or tending toward fundamentalism

catechetical, catechetic - of or relating to or involving catechesis

system of rules, system - a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender"

theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

Christian theology - the teachings of Christian churches

natural theology - a theology that holds that knowledge of God can be acquired by human reason without the aid of divine revelation

procession, emanation, rise - (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son"

foreordain, predestinate, predestine - foreordain by divine will or decree

reprobate - abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner"

reveal - disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"

learned profession - one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles

theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth