Dictionary of Theology
The importance of understanding terms when discussing theology and doing apologetics cannot be overestimated. This is why a Theological Dictionary is so important. First, define terms. Second, make statements using those terms. Third, use Scripture and logic to determine the validity of the statements.
A
- A posteriori
- A priori
- A.D.
- Abaddon
- Abba
- Abomination
- Abortion
- Absolution
- Abstinence
- Abyss
- Accommodation
- Acosmism
- Active Obedience
- Actual Grace
- Adam
- Adiaphora
- Adonai
- Adoptionism
- Adoration
- Adultery
- Advent
- Advocate
- Age of Accountability
- Agnosticism
- Albigenses
- Alms
- Altar
- Amen
- Amillennialism
- Amyraldianism
- Anabaptists
- Anamnesis
- Anathema
- Angel
- Anhypostasis
- Animism
- Annihilationism
- Annunciation
- Antedeluvian
- Anthropic Principle
- Anthropocentrism
- Anthropomorphic
- Antichrist
- Antinomianism
- Apocalypse
- Apocrypha
- Apollinarianism
- Apollyon
- Apologetics
- Apologist
- Apostasy
- Apostle
- Apostolic Fathers
- Apotheosis
- Apparition
- Archangel
- Argument from Design
- Argumentum ad Hominem
- Argumentum ad judicium
- Argumentum ad populum
- Argumentum ad verecundiam
- Arianism
- Ark
- Ark of the Covenant
- Armageddon
- Arminianism
- Ascended Master
- Ascension
- Ascentia
- Aspersion
- Assumption
- Assumption of Mary
- Assurance
- Astral Projection
- Astrology
- Atheism Defined
- Atonement
- Aura
- Autograph
- Autonomy
B
C
- C.E.
- Caesar
- Calvary
- Calvinism
- Canon
- Capital punishment
- Capital sins
- Catechism of the Catholic Church
- Catholic
- Causality
- Celestial Kingdom
- Ceremony
- Cessationism
- Chakra
- Channeling
- Charismatic Gifts
- Charity
- Cherub/Cherubim
- Chiliasm
- Christ
- Christian
- Christianity
- Christmas
- Christology
- Church
- Circumcision
- Cities of refuge
- Clergy
- Codex
- Commercial Theory of the Atonement
- Common Grace
- Communicatio Essentiae
- Communicatio idiomatum
- Communion
- Complementarianism
- Concomitance
- Concupiscence
- Condemnation
- Condign Merit
- Conditional Immortality
- Confession
- Confessional
- Confirmation
- Congregation
- Congruent Merit
- Consecrate
- Consequentialism
- Consubstantiation
- Contingent
- Contrition
- Conversion
- Conviction
- Coptic
- Corban
- Cosmological Argument
- Cosmology
- Council of Trent
- Covenant
- Covenant Theology
- Creation
- Creationism
- Cross
- Crucifixion
- Cult
D
- Damnation
- Deacon
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Death
- Decalogue
- Decrees of God
- Decretive Will
- Deduction
- Deism
- Deity
- Demigod
- Demiurge
- Demon
- Deontology
- Deposit of Faith
- Depravity
- Determinism
- Deutero Isaiah
- Devil
- Diaconate
- Diadem
- Dialectic
- Diaspora
- Dichotomy
- Didache
- Didactics
- Diocese
- Disciple
- Dispensation
- Dispensationalism
- Divination
- Divinity
- DNA
- Docetism
- Doctrine
- Doctrine of Adoption
- Documentary Hypothesis
- Dogma
- Donatism
- Dormition
- Double Predestination
- Dowsing
- Dualism
- Dulia
E
- Ebionism
- Ecclesiology
- Economic Trinity
- Eden
- Edify
- Efficacious Grace
- Efficacy
- Egalitarianism
- Egypt
- Eisegesis
- Elder
- Election
- Elohim
- Empiricism
- Enhypostasis
- Epistemology
- Epistle
- Equivocation
- Erastianism
- Eschatology
- Eschaton
- Essenes
- Essentia
- Eternal Generation
- Eternal life
- Eternal Security
- Ethics
- Eucharist
- Eunuch
- Eutychianism
- Eve
- Evil
- Evolution
- Ex Opere Operato
- Ex-Nihilo
- Example Theory of the Atonement
- Excommunication
- Exegesis
- Existentialism
- Exomologesis
- Exorcism
- Expiation
- Extreme Unction
F
- Faith
- False gods
- False Prophets
- Falsifiability
- Famine
- Fast, Fasting
- Fatalism
- Fellowship
- Fideism
- Fiducia
- Field of Blood
- Filioque
- First Person of the Trinity
- First-fruits
- Firstborn
- Five Points of Arminianism
- Fool
- Foreknow, Foreknowledge
- Foreordination
- Forgiveness
- Fornication
- Foundationalism
- Four Spiritual Laws
- Free Knowledge
- Free Will
- Freethinker
- Fusion
G
H
I
- Icon
- Iconoclasm
- Idealism
- Idol, Idolatry
- Ignosticism
- Image
- Image of God
- Immaculate Conception
- Immortality
- Immutability
- Impassibility (of God)
- Impeccability
- Imprimatur
- Impute, Imputation
- In facto
- In fieri
- Incarnation
- Incarnational Theology
- Indefectibility
- Indulgence
- Inerrancy
- Infant baptism
- Infidel
- Infinity
- Infralapsarianism
- Initium Fidei
- Inspiration
- Instrumental Cause
- Intelligent Design
- Intermediate State
- Intinction
- Irresistible Grace
- Israel
- Israelite
J
L
M
- Magic
- Major Prophets
- Mammon
- Man
- Mantra
- Manuscript
- Marriage
- Martyr
- Masoretic Text
- Mass
- Materialism
- Means of Grace
- Mediation, Mediator
- Medium
- Megiddo
- Mercy
- Merit
- Messiah
- Metaphysics
- Middle East
- Middle Knowledge
- Midrash
- Millennium
- Minor Prophets
- Minuscule
- Miracle
- Mishna
- Modalism
- Molinism
- Monarchianism
- Monergism
- Monism
- Monogamy
- Monolatry
- Monophysitism
- Monotheism
- Moral Government Theology
- Moral Influence Theory
- Morality
- Mormon
- Mormonism
- Mortal Sin
- Moses
- Murder
- Muslim
N
O
P
- Paedocommunion
- Paganism
- Panentheism
- Pantheism
- Papal Bull
- Papyrus
- Parable
- Paraclete
- Paradigm
- Paradise
- Parapsychology
- Parish
- Parousia
- Pascal’s Wager
- Passive Obedience
- Passover
- Pastor
- Patriology
- Patristic
- Patrology
- Pedobaptism
- Pelagianism
- Penal Substitution
- Penance
- Pentateuch
- Pentecost
- Perichoresis
- Permissive Decree
- Permissive Will
- Perseverance
- Person
- Pharaoh
- Pharisee
- Philosophy
- Pishon
- Pluralism
- Pneumatology
- Polygamy
- Polytheism
- Pope
- Positive Atheism
- Postmillennialism
- Postmodernism
- Pragmatism
- Prayer
- Pre-Adamites
- Pre-existence
- Preceptive Will
- Predestine, Predestination
- Premillennialism
- Presuppositionalism
- Preterism
- Preterition
- Prevenient Grace
- Priest
- Process Theology
- Prophet
- Propitiation
- Prostration
- Protestant
- Protoevangelium
- Purgatory
R
- Rabbi, Rabboni
- Ransom Theory of the Atonement
- Rapture
- Rationalism
- Recapitulation Theory of the Atonement
- Reconcile, Reconciliation
- Redaction Criticism
- Redemption
- Reformed Theology
- Regeneration
- Regulative Principle
- Reincarnation
- Relativism
- Relic
- Religion
- Religious Naturalism
- Remnant
- Repentance
- Replacement Theology
- Resurrection, Resurrection Bodies
- Revealed Theology
- Revelation
- Righteousness
- Rite
- Ritual
- Rosary
S
- Sacerdotalism
- Sacrament
- Sacred Tradition
- Sacrifice
- Sadducee
- Saint
- Salvation
- Sanctify, Sanctification
- Sanctifying Grace
- Sanhedrin
- Satan
- Saved
- Savior
- Scapular
- Scholasticism
- Science
- Scientific Naturalism
- Scribe
- Scripture
- Séance
- Selah
- Sign of the Cross
- Sin
- Skepticism
- Socinianism
- Sola Fide
- Sola Gratia
- Sola Scriptura
- Soli Deo Gloria
- Solus Christus
- Son of God
- Sorcery
- Soteriology
- Soul
- Soul Sleep
- Sovereignty
- Special Revelation
- Spirit
- Spiritism
- Spiritual
- Spiritual Gifts
- Spiritualism
- Strict Merit
- Subjectivism
- Subordinationism
- Substitution
- Supernatural
- Supralapsarianism
- Synagogue
- Synergism
- Synoptic Gospels
T
- Tabernacle
- Targum
- Teleological Argument
- Teleology
- Temptation
- Terminism
- Testament
- Testimony
- Tetragrammaton
- The Beatitudes
- The Elect
- The Fall
- The False Prophet
- The Great Commission
- The Holy Spirit
- The Last Adam
- The Law
- The Quran
- The Second Coming
- The Septuagint (LXX)
- The Tribulation
- The Trinity
- The Word
- The Word of God
- Theism
- Theistic Evolution
- Theocracy
- Theodicy
- Theology
- Theonomy
- Theophany
- Theosophy
- Tithe
- Torah
- Total Depravity
- Tower of Babel
- Tradition
- Traducianism
- Transcendence
- Transcendental Idealism
- Transfiguration
- Transliterate
- Transubstantiation
- Trichotomy
- Tritheism
- Truth
- Type, Typology