theologizer
English Thesaurus
1. someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology (noun.person)
hypernym | : | bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student, |
definition | : | a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | church father, father, father of the church, |
definition | : | (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 (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | doctor, doctor of the church, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | eschatologist, |
definition | : | a theologian who specializes in eschatology (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | futurist, |
definition | : | a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | presentist, |
definition | : | a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) are being fulfilled at the present time (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | preterist, |
definition | : | a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | ambrose, saint ambrose, st. ambrose, |
definition | : | (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) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | arius, |
definition | : | 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) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | arnold of brescia, |
definition | : | 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) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | augustine, augustine of hippo, saint augustine, st. augustine, |
definition | : | (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) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | barth, karl barth, |
definition | : | Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | baeda, beda, bede, saint baeda, saint beda, saint bede, st. baeda, st. beda, st. bede, the venerable bede, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | bonhoeffer, dietrich bonhoeffer, |
definition | : | 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) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | calvin, jean caulvin, jean cauvin, jean chauvin, john calvin, |
definition | : | Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | duns scotus, john duns scotus, |
definition | : | Scottish theologian who was very influential in the Middle Ages (1265-1308) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | edwards, jonathan edwards, |
definition | : | American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | desiderius erasmus, erasmus, geert geerts, gerhard gerhards, |
definition | : | 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) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | hopkins, mark hopkins, |
definition | : | United States educator and theologian (1802-1887) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | john chrysostom, st. john chrysostom, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople; a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | john knox, knox, |
definition | : | Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | luther, martin luther, |
definition | : | German theologian who led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (1483-1546) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | cardinal newman, john henry newman, newman, |
definition | : | 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) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | niebuhr, reinhold niebuhr, |
definition | : | United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | origen, |
definition | : | Greek philosopher and theologian who reinterpreted Christian doctrine through the philosophy of Neoplatonism; his work was later condemned as unorthodox (185-254) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | isaac watts, watts, |
definition | : | English poet and theologian (1674-1748) (noun.person) |
derivation | : | theology, |
definition | : | the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary) (noun.act) |
derivation | : | divinity, theology, |
definition | : | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | theological system, theology, |
definition | : | a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | theologise, theologize, |
definition | : | make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects (verb.cognition) |
derivation | : | theologise, theologize, |
definition | : | treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | theology, |
definition | : | the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary) (noun.act) |
derivation | : | divinity, theology, |
definition | : | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | theological system, theology, |
definition | : | a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | theologise, theologize, |
definition | : | make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects (verb.cognition) |
derivation | : | theologise, theologize, |
definition | : | treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character (verb.communication) |
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