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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|theologie}}, from {{der|en|frm|theologie}}, from {{der|en|fro|theologie}}, from {{der|en|la|theologia}}, from {{der|en|grc-koi|θεολογία}}, from {{m|grc|θεολόγος|pos=a}}, from {{m|grc|θεός}} + {{m|grc|λόγος}}. Surface analysis is {{af|en|theo-|-logy}}.<ref name="autrefois"/><ref name="TLFi"/><ref name="Skeat1910"/><ref name="OEDonline"/>
From {{inh|en|enm|theologie}}, from {{der|en|frm|theologie}}, from {{der|en|fro|theologie}}, from {{der|en|la|theologia}}, from {{der|en|grc-koi|θεολογία}}, from {{m|grc|θεολόγος|pos=a}}, from {{m|grc|θεός}} + {{m|grc|λόγος}}. {{surf|en|theo-|-logy}}.<ref name="autrefois"/><ref name="TLFi"/><ref name="Skeat1910"/><ref name="OEDonline"/>


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|thē-ŏl'ə-jē}}, {{IPA|en|/θi.ˈɒ.lə.dʒi/}}
* {{enPR|thē-ŏl'ə-jē}}, {{IPA|en|/θi.ˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-theology.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-theology.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒlədʒi|s=4}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒlədʒi|s=4}}


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# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[study]] of [[God]], a [[god]], or gods; and of the [[truthfulness]] of [[religion]] in general.
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[study]] of [[God]], a [[god]], or gods; and of the [[truthfulness]] of [[religion]] in general. {{defdate|from mid-14th c.<ref name=Etymonline>{{R:Etymonline}}</ref>}}
#: {{syn|en|godlore|q=uncommon}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form.
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} {{synonym of|en|religious studies}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=William Newton Clarke|title=Immortality, a Study of Belief, and Earlier Addresses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0gwuAAAAYAAJ|date=September 15, 1896|publisher=Yale University Press|year_published=1920|page=23|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=0gwuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA23|text='''Theology''' is a study, but religion is an experience. '''Theology''' is the study of religion, and when we study '''theology''' we are studying religion.}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form. {{defdate|1660s<ref name=Etymonline/>}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} A particular belief within a religion.
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Steven D. Cone|title=Theology from the Great Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NGFNDwAAQBAJ|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|year=2018|page=578|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=NGFNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA578|ISBN=978-0-5676-7002-1|text=In this context, one could conceivably hold onto the '''theology''' that baptism is essential for salvation.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Ben C. Blackwell; R.L. Hatchett|title=Engaging Theology: A Biblical, Historical, and Practical Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TbHYDwAAQBAJ|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=TbHYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138|year=2019|publisher=Zondervan Academic|ISBN=978-0-310-09277-3|page=138|text=Most Muslims reject the '''theology''' that Jesus died on a cross and was resurrected from the dead (though there is some ambiguity in the Qur'an on the matter), but they do hold that he ascended to heaven and will return again.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Rabbi Evan Moffic|title=What Every Christian Needs to Know About Judaism|publisher=Abingdon Press|date=4 feb 2020|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4E6eDwAAQBAJ|page=59|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=4E6eDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT59|ISBN=9781501871504|text=Another problem with the '''theology''' that Jews are chosen for a universal ethical mission is that one does not need to be Jewish to be a beacon of light.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|computing|slang}} [[subjective|Subjective]] [[marginal]] [[detail]]s.
# {{lb|en|uncountable|computing|slang}} [[subjective|Subjective]] [[marginal]] [[detail]]s.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=1986-12-09|last=Seymour|first=Jim|authorlink=Jim Seymour|title=In plain English|journal={{w|PC Mag}}|volume=5|issue=21|location=|publisher=Ziff Davis|issn=0888-8507|page=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XrIceI56DbsC&pg=PA96|passage=While those folks are caught up in '''theological''' arguments about LISP versus PROLOG, {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=1986-12-09|author=w:Jim Seymour|title=In plain English|journal=w:PC Mag|volume=5|issue=21|location=|publisher=Ziff Davis|issn=0888-8507|page=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XrIceI56DbsC&pg=PA96|passage=While those folks are caught up in '''theological''' arguments about LISP versus PROLOG, {{...}}}}
#* {{seemoreCites|en}}
#* {{seemoreCites|en}}


====Hyponyms====
====Hyponyms====
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{{col3|en
|astrotheology
|cosmotheology
|cosmotheology
|feminist theology
|feminist theology
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====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{der3|en
{{der3|en| replacement theology
| decision theology|dogmatic theology|dominion theology|pectoral theology|physico-theology|process theology
|atheology|Mercersburg theology
|theologian
|theologian
|theologic
|theologic
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====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|study of God, or a god, or gods}}
{{trans-top|study of God, or a god, or gods}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|إِلَهِيَّات|f-p}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|teologji|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|إِلٰهِيَّات|f-p}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|աստվածաբանություն}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|աստվածաբանություն}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|teoloxía|f}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|teoloxía|f}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|ilahiyyat}}, {{t|az|teologiya}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|ilahiyyat}}, {{t|az|teologiya}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|багасло́ўе|n}}, {{t|be|тэало́гія|f}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|багасло́ўе|n}}, {{t|be|тэало́гія|f}}, {{t|be|тэалёгія|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|ধর্মতত্ত্ব}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|богосло́вие|n}}, {{t+|bg|теоло́гия|f}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|သီအိုလော်ဂျီ}}, {{t|my|ဓမ္မပညာ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|teologia|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|teologia|f}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|神學|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|神学|tr=shénxué|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|神學|tr=shénxué}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|teologie|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|teologie|f}}, {{t|cs|bohosloví|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|teologi|c}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|teologi|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|theologie|f}}, {{t+|nl|godgeleerdheid|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|theologie|f}}, {{t+|nl|godgeleerdheid|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|teologio}}, {{t|eo|dioscienco}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|teologio}}, {{t|eo|dioscienco}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|teoloogia}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|teologia}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|teologia}}
* French: {{t+|fr|théologie|f}}
* French: {{t+|fr|théologie|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|teoloxía|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|teoloxía|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|თეოლოგია}}, {{t|ka|ღვთისმეტყველება}}
* German: {{t+|de|Theologie|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Theologie|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|θεολογία|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|θεολογία|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|θεολογία|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|θεολογία|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|תאולוגיה|f|tr=teológya|alt=תאולוגיה \ תֵּאוֹלוֹגיָה|sc=Hebr}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|תאולוגיה|f|tr=teológya|alt=תאולוגיה \ תֵּאוֹלוֹגיָה}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|धर्ममीमांसा}}, {{t+|hi|धर्मशास्त्र}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|धर्ममीमांसा|m}}, {{t+|hi|धर्मशास्त्र|m}}, {{t|hi|इलाहियात}} {{qualifier|Muslim}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|teológia}}, {{t+|hu|hittudomány}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|teológia}}, {{t+|hu|hittudomány}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|guðfræði|f}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|teologio}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|teologio}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|teologi}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|teologi}}, {{t+|id|ilmu agama}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|teologia|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|teologia|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|神学|tr=しんがく, shingaku|sc=Jpan}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|神学|tr=しんがく, shingaku}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ದೇವತಾಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|кұдайтану}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|құдайтану}}, {{t|kk|теология}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|សាសនវិទ្យា|sc=Khmr|tr=saasa’na’ vityie}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|សាសនវិទ្យា}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|신학(神學)}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|신학(神學)}}
* Kurdish:
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t+|ckb|خواناسی}}
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|خواناسی}}, {{t|ckb|ئیلاهیات}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|îlahiyet|f}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|îlahiyet|f}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|теология}}, {{t|ky|дин илими}}, {{t|ky|кудай таануу}}
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* Lao: {{t|lo|ເທວະວິທະຍາ}}, {{t|lo|ສາດສະນະສາດ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|theologia|f}}
* Latin: {{t|la|theologia|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|teoloģija|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|teoloģija|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|teologija|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|teologija|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|теологија|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|теологија|f}}, {{t|mk|богословие|n}}, {{t|mk|богословија|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kaji tuhan}}, {{t|ms|teologi}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kaji tuhan}}, {{t|ms|teologi}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|teoloġija|f}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|teoloġija|f}}
* Mongolian:
* Norwegian: {{t|no|teologi}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|الهیات}}
*: Cyrillic: {{t|mn|теологи}}
* Norwegian:
* Persian: {{t+|fa|الهیات|tr=elahiyât|sc=fa-Arab}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|teologi|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|الهیات|tr=ilahiyat}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|الهيات|m-p|tr=elāhyāt}}, {{t|ps|دينپوهنه|f|tr=dinpohǝna}}, {{t|ps|تيالوجي|f|tr=tyāloji}}, {{t|ps|ديني علم|m|tr=dini 'elm}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|الهیات|tr=elâhiyât}}, {{t|fa|یزدان‌شناسی|tr=yazdân-šenâsi}}, {{t|fa|تئولوژی|tr=te'oloži}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|teologia|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|teologia|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|teologia|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|teologia|f}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|богосло́вие|n}}, {{t+|ru|теоло́гия|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|богосло́вие|n}}, {{t+|ru|теоло́гия|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|богословље|n}}, {{t|sh|богословија|f}}
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|богосло̄вље|n}}, {{t|sh|богосло̀вија|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|bogoslovlje|n}}, {{t+|sh|bogoslovija|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|bogoslōvlje|n}}, {{t+|sh|bogoslòvija|f}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|teológia|f}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|teológia|f}}, {{t|sk|bohoslovie|n}}, {{t|sk|bohoveda|f}} {{qualifier|dated}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|teologija|f}}, {{t|sl|bogoslovje|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|teología|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|teología|f}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|theolojia}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|teologi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|teologi}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|bathalaan}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|bathalaan}}, {{t|tl|teolohiya}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|илоҳиёт}}, {{t|tg|теология}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เทววิทยา|tr=tâywawíttáyaa}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เทววิทยา}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ilahiyat}}, {{t+|tr|teoloji}}, {{t+|tr|tanrı bilimi}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ilahiyat}}, {{t+|tr|teoloji}}, {{t+|tr|tanrı bilimi}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|ylahyýet}}, {{t|tk|teologiýa}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|богосло́в'я|n}}, {{t|uk|богослі́в'я|n}}, {{t+|uk|теоло́гія|f}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|богосло́в'я|n}}, {{t|uk|богослі́в'я|n}}, {{t+|uk|теоло́гія|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|الہیات|f|tr=ilahiyāt|sc=ur-Arab}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|اِلٰہیات|f|tr=ilāhiyāt}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ئىلاھىيەت}}, {{t|ug|تېئولوگىيە}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|ilohiyot}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|ilohiyot}}, {{t+|uz|teologiya}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|thần học}} ({{t|vi|神學}})
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|thần học}} ({{t|vi|神學}})
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|Godav}}, {{t+|vo|godav}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|Godav}}, {{t+|vo|godav}}
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====References====
===References===
* {{pedia}}
* {{pedia}}
<references>
<references>
<ref name="autrefois">{{R:autrefois|theologie}}</ref>
<ref name="autrefois">{{R:autrefois|theologie}}</ref>
<ref name="TLFi">{{R:TLFi|theologie}}</ref>
<ref name="TLFi">{{R:fr:TLFi|theologie}}</ref>
<ref name="Skeat1910">{{cite-book|entry=Theology|editor=[[w:Walter William Skeat|Walter W. Skeat]]|title=An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language|edition=new|url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015048924511?urlappend=%3Bseq=686|location=Oxford|publisher=[[w:Oxford University Press|The Clarendon Press]]|year=1910|page=640|oclc=582746570}}.</ref>
<ref name="Skeat1910">{{cite-book|entry=Theology|editor=[[w:Walter William Skeat|Walter W. Skeat]]|title=An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language|edition=new|entryurl=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015048924511?urlappend=%3Bseq=686|location=Oxford|publisher=[[w:Oxford University Press|The Clarendon Press]]|year=1910|page=640|oclc=582746570}}.</ref>
<ref name="OEDonline">{{R:OED Online|title=theology|code=200388|part of speech=n|date=2015-03-19}}</ref>
<ref name="OEDonline">{{R:OED Online|title=theology|code=200388|part of speech=n|date=2015-03-19}}</ref>
</references>
</references>
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* {{R:Century 1911}}
* {{R:OED Online|title=theology|code=200388|part of speech=n|date=2015-03-19}}
* {{R:OED Online|title=theology|code=200388|part of speech=n|date=2015-03-19}}
* {{cite-book|entry=Theology|editor=[[w:Walter William Skeat|Walter W. Skeat]]|title=An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language|edition=new|url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015048924511?urlappend=%3Bseq=686|location=Oxford|publisher=[[w:Oxford University Press|The Clarendon Press]]|year=1910|page=640|oclc=582746570}}.
* {{cite-book|entry=Theology|editor=[[w:Walter William Skeat|Walter W. Skeat]]|title=An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language|edition=new|entryurl=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015048924511?urlappend=%3Bseq=686|location=Oxford|publisher=[[w:Oxford University Press|The Clarendon Press]]|year=1910|page=640|oclc=582746570}}.
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* {{R:WordNet 2006}}



Revision as of 14:05, 2 June 2024

Englisch

Etymology

From Middle English theologie, from Middle French theologie, from Old French theologie, from Latin theologia, from Koine Greek θεολογία (theología), from θεολόγος (theológos, adjective), from θεός (theós) + λόγος (lógos). By surface analysis, theo- +‎ -logy.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

  • enPR: thē-ŏl'ə-jē, IPA(key): /θi.ˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Nomen

theology (usually uncountable, plural theologies)

  1. (uncountable) The study of God, a god, or gods; and of the truthfulness of religion in general. [from mid-14th c.[5]]
    Synonym: (uncommon) godlore
  2. (uncountable) Synonym of religious studies
    • 1896 September 15, William Newton Clarke, Immortality, a Study of Belief, and Earlier Addresses[1], Yale University Press, published 1920, page 23:
      Theology is a study, but religion is an experience. Theology is the study of religion, and when we study theology we are studying religion.
  3. (countable) An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form. [1660s[5]]
  4. (countable) A particular belief within a religion.
    • 2018, Steven D. Cone, Theology from the Great Tradition[2], Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 578:
      In this context, one could conceivably hold onto the theology that baptism is essential for salvation.
    • 2019, Ben C. Blackwell, R.L. Hatchett, Engaging Theology: A Biblical, Historical, and Practical Introduction[3], Zondervan Academic, →ISBN, page 138:
      Most Muslims reject the theology that Jesus died on a cross and was resurrected from the dead (though there is some ambiguity in the Qur'an on the matter), but they do hold that he ascended to heaven and will return again.
    • 2020 February 4, Rabbi Evan Moffic, What Every Christian Needs to Know About Judaism[4], Abingdon Press, →ISBN, page 59:
      Another problem with the theology that Jews are chosen for a universal ethical mission is that one does not need to be Jewish to be a beacon of light.
  5. (uncountable, computing, slang) Subjective marginal details.
    • 1986 December 9, Jim Seymour, “In plain English”, in PC Mag[5], volume 5, number 21, Ziff Davis, →ISSN, page 96:
      While those folks are caught up in theological arguments about LISP versus PROLOG, []
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:theology.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ theologie” in the Dictionnaires d’autrefois
  2. ^ theologie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  3. ^ Walter W. Skeat, editor (1910), “Theology”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, new edition, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 640.
  4. ^ "theology, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2015-03-19.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “theology”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams