Unit 1 Flashcards
What is the foundational branch of theology?
Biblical Theology
What does Biblical Theology entail?
OT and NT Exegesis.
It is the source of Systematic Theology.
It tries to establish what the text says about the matter at hand.
What part of theology constitute the memory and wonderful treasure of
generations of interpreters?
Historical Theology.
What does Historical Theology focus on?
How different interpreters have viewed the subject at hand throughout history.
What is the benefit of engaging with Historical Theology?
This is the single most important antidote agains heresy. We put ourselves among many witnesses that have tried to understand this particular issue.
We escape the extremely individualistic approach that says, ”I have the knowledge. I have the whole and only true interpretation.”
The historical theology helps us see the difference between the human understanding and the divine doctrine. It gives us a critical lens. With the historical lens you notice that every single interpreter are a child of his/her time.
What part of theology attempt to explain Biblical theology looking at the whole picture at the same time, in relation to the present culture.
Systematic Theology.
What is the systematic theology dependent on?
The method and content.
What is the Background for Systematic Theology?
The Ecumenical Creeds.
What is the most influential books regarding the origin to systematic Theology? Who was the author? What did he do?
The Four Books of the Sentences by Petrus Lombardus (1100s, Paris). He gathered Patristic quotations.
What influential work did Thomas Aquinas produce in systematic theology? What philosopher was he influenced by?
Summa Theologiae (1200s). Aristoteles.
How did Luther relate to Systematic Theology?
He broke with it, with Scholasticism.
How did Luther’s reformational colleagues relate to systematic Theology?
The embraced it. Melanchton produced Loci Cummunes (1521), which presented the christian faith in great detail; so did Calvin 1536–59 in his Institutes.
How did Modern theology relate to Systematic theology?
aused a movement from the classical doctrines and to focus on the intellectual demands (Enlightenment) or religious experience (Schleiermacher)
What is Pastoral theology?
What is Spiritual Theology?
the theology of prayer and the spiritual life.
