English > Christian theology: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | The teachings of Christian churches. |
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| Category of | Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Second Advent, Advent, Parousia | (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment |
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| agape | (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind |
| consubstantial | regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity) |
| grace, grace of God, free grace | (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God |
| grace, saving grace, state of grace | (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God |
| Parts | Virgin Birth, Nativity | The theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father |
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| Narrower | Christology | The branch of theology concerned with the person and attributes and deeds of Christ |
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| Jesuitism, Jesuitry | The theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic) |
| patristics, patrology | The study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers |
| polemics | The branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors |
| soteriology | The branch of Christian theology that deals with salvation as the effect of a divine agency |
| Broader | theology, theological system | A particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings |
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| Spanish | teología cristiana |
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