English > theologist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology. |
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| Synonyms | theologian, theologizer, theologiser |
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| Instances | Abelard, Peter Abelard, Pierre Abelard | French philosopher and theologian |
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| Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose | (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan |
| Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Aquinas | (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology |
| Arius | 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) |
| Arminius, Jacobus Arminius, Jacob Harmensen, Jakob Hermandszoon | Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609) |
| Arnold of Brescia | 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) |
| Athanasius, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great | (Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism |
| Augustine, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Augustine of Hippo | (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church |
| Barth, Karl Barth | Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968) |
| Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great | (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies / heresies of the 4th century |
| Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede | (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735) |
| Bellarmine, Bellarmino, Cardinal Bellarmine, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmine | Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621) |
| Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer | German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world |
| Bultmann, Rudolf Bultmann, Rudolf Karl Bultmann | A Lutheran theologian in Germany (1884-1976) |
| Calvin, John Calvin, Jean Cauvin, Jean Caulvin, Jean Chauvin | Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564) |
| Duns Scotus, John Duns Scotus | Scottish theologian who was very influential in the Middle Ages (1265-1308) |
| Eck, Johann Eck, Johann Maier Eck, Johann Maier | A German Roman Catholic theologian who was an indefatigable opponent of Martin Luther (1486-1543) |
| Eckhart, Johannes Eckhart, Meister Eckhart | German Roman Catholic theologian and mystic (1260-1327) |
| Edwards, Jonathan Edwards | American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758) |
| Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus, Gerhard Gerhards, Geert Geerts | Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe |
| Gregory, Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen | (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies / heresies |
| Hooker, Richard Hooker | English theologian (1554-1600) |
| Hopkins, Mark Hopkins | United States educator and theologian (1802-1887) |
| Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, St. Ignatius of Loyola, Loyola | Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus |
| Jansen, Cornelis Jansen, Cornelius Jansenius | A Dutch Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638) |
| Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, Hieronymus, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus | (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate) |
| John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom | (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople |
| Knox, John Knox | Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572) |
| Luther, Martin Luther | German theologian who led the Reformation |
| Melanchthon, Philipp Melanchthon, Philipp Schwarzerd | German theologian and Luther's successor as leader of the Reformation in Germany (1497-1560) |
| Newman, John Henry Newman, Cardinal Newman | English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement |
| Niebuhr, Reinhold Niebuhr | United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971) |
| Origen | Greek philosopher and theologian who reinterpreted Christian doctrine through the philosophy of Neoplatonism |
| Pusey, Edward Pusey, Edward Bouverie Pusey | English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882) |
| Socinus, Faustus Socinus, Fausto Paolo Sozzini | Italian theologian who argued against Trinitarianism (1539-1604) |
| Swedenborg, Svedberg, Emanuel Swedenborg, Emanuel Svedberg | Swedish theologian (1688-1772) |
| Tertullian, Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus | Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian theology (160-230) |
| Tillich, Paul Tillich, Paul Johannes Tillich | United States theologian (born in Germany) (1886-1965) |
| Watts, Isaac Watts | English poet and theologian (1674-1748) |
| Wycliffe, John Wycliffe, Wickliffe, John Wickliffe, Wyclif, John Wyclif, Wiclif, John Wiclif | English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384) |
| Zinzendorf, Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf | German theologian (1700-1760) |
| Zwingli, Ulrich Zwingli, Huldreich Zwingli | Swiss theologian whose sermons began the Reformation in Switzerland (1484-1531) |
| Narrower | Church Father, Father of the Church, Father | (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine |
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| Doctor of the Church, Doctor | (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching |
| eschatologist | A theologian who specializes in eschatology |
| futurist | A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future |
| presentist | A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) are being fulfilled at the present time |
| preterist | A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled |
| Broader | scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student | A learned person (especially in the humanities) |
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| Spanish | teóloga, teólogo |
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| Catalan | teòleg |
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| Nouns | theology | the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary) |
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| theology | a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings |
| theology | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth |
