| Meaning | A particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings. |
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| Synonym | theology |
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| Category of | emanation, rise, procession | (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost |
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| justify | (used of God) declare innocent |
| predestine, predestinate, foreordain | foreordain by divine will or decree |
| reprobate | abandon to eternal damnation |
| reveal | disclose directly or through prophets |
| Category | theology, divinity | The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth |
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| Narrower | Christian theology | The teachings of Christian churches |
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| liberation theology | A form of Christian theology (developed by South American Roman Catholics) that emphasizes social and political liberation / liberation as the anticipation of ultimate salvation |
| natural theology | A theology that holds that knowledge of God can be acquired by human reason without the aid of divine revelation |
| Broader | system, system of rules | A complex of methods or rules governing behavior |
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| Spanish | teología |
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| Catalan | teologia |
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