Theology refers to all the studies or theories about God.

The Greek for theology is θ ε ο λ ο γ ι α, which is defined by θ ε ο? 0? 9 (that is, God/God) and λ ο γ ο? 0? 9 (that is, the combination of Tao/Theory/Theory),

Literally means to establish a correct understanding of God.

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The concept of "theology" did not originate from Christianity, but appeared as early as ancient Greek thought.

"Theology" (that is, "talking about God") means singing and telling stories about God.

Plato used critical criteria to measure the myth of the gods (theology that was criticized at that time), and the critical criteria used were the criteria used to measure truth: first, goodness and constancy.

In Aristotle's view, theology has become the highest theoretical science, pointing to the saint as the real first principle (metaphysics, 1064a/b). Therefore, the application scope of theology has changed from myth theory to metaphysics.

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2. Without the wisdom of God, how can people know God? If you can't know God, how can you understand theology?

Theoretically speaking, people's wisdom can't fully understand God, but only in a small range.

People's wisdom can be understood from the incomplete things in reality to perfection. If there are no complete circles and triangles in the world, people can understand and understand what complete circles and triangles are. People can partially understand God, and people believe that many parts of people's understanding of God are revealed to people by God. It is God who inspires people, so people can understand God and theology.

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3. What is the scope of theological courses?

In the second century, the concept of "theology" probably means "Christian theism".

Theological research can generally be divided into the following branches:

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Hermeneutics discipline

Biblical hermeneutics: general methodological issues, as well as the information of each volume of the Bible.

Research on the Old Testament: Interpreting the Old Testament with historical and philological methods.

New Testament Studies: Interpreting the New Testament with historical and philological methods.

Church history: it is often classified by period: the history of the godfather and ancient church, the history of the medieval church (from early medieval to late medieval), and the history of modern church (modern and contemporary).

Systematic theology:

An academic question about the legal status of faith before reason. The differences between the general characteristics of the beliefs of individual sects and other world views are also shown here. The difference between basic theology and dogmatism is particularly common in Catholic theology. Protestant theology has different modes of understanding.

Dogmatism: An academic question about the history, form and content of Christian faith (summarized in the creeds of previous dynasties and resolutions of different church meetings).

Ethics: Academic issues about the form and foundation of Christian ethics can usually be divided into a humanistic personal ethics and a social ethics of social science.

Practical theology (pastoral theology): academic reflection on belief practice and belief preaching, which may use various social science and psychological methods. There are often differences between practical theology and religious pedagogy. In addition, etiquette also belongs to practical theology (although it can also be placed in systematic theology or historical research).