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nounsomeone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
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- 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; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
- sin an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
- council (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
- hooker English theologian (1554-1600)
- calvin Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
- luther German theologian who led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (1483-1546)
- newman English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890)
- edwards American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758)
- watts English poet and theologian (1674-1748)
- knox Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572)