christian theology

1. The teachings of Christian churches (synset 106194005)
   associated with:

   • free grace, grace, grace of god - (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God
   • advent, parousia, second advent, second coming, second coming of christ - (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
   • agape - (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind
   • grace, saving grace, state of grace - (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
   • consubstantial - regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity)
   is a type of: theological system, theology - a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings
   subtypes:

   • christology - the branch of theology concerned with the person and attributes and deeds of Christ
   • jesuitism, jesuitry - the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic)
   • patristics, patrology - the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers
   • polemics - the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors
   • soteriology - the branch of Christian theology that deals with salvation as the effect of a divine agency
   has: nativity, virgin birth - the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas

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