{"id":5633,"date":"2011-06-28T13:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=5633"},"modified":"2011-06-27T20:48:43","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T00:48:43","slug":"divisions-of-systematic-theology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/divisions-of-systematic-theology\/","title":{"rendered":"Divisions of Systematic Theology"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SystematicThe Bible College and Seminaries I attended used the traditional divisions or categories of Systematic Theology. Most often, these divisions are as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. Bibliology – Study of the Bible<\/li>\n
  2. Theology Proper – Study of God<\/li>\n
  3. Anthropology – Study of Mankind<\/li>\n
  4. Christology – Study of Christ<\/li>\n
  5. Soteriology – Study of Salvation<\/li>\n
  6. Pneumatology – Study of Holy Spirit<\/li>\n
  7. Ecclesiology – Study of the Church<\/li>\n
  8. Eschatology – Study of End Times<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Yes, these are some of (but not nearly all) the big words of Theology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Occasionally, I have also seen these divisions:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Israelology \u00a0– Study of Israel<\/li>\n
    2. Hamartiology – Study of Sin<\/li>\n
    3. Angelology – Study of Angels and Demons<\/li>\n
    4. Misthology – Study of Rewards<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      I have written elsewhere why I think it is high time to update these categories<\/a>, and eventually, I will jump into my attempt at doing so, but for now, I am just trying to summarize, reconsider, and redeem what I was taught in Bible College and Seminary.<\/p>\n

      So for this series (which is going to take a LONG time) on blogging through Seminary, I am going to use the traditional categories, but with simplified words. I will incorporate all twelve categories from above, but in the order they “appear” or are “emphasized” in the Bible.<\/p>\n

      So the order will be as follows:<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Bible<\/li>\n
      2. God<\/li>\n
      3. Humanity<\/li>\n
      4. Sin<\/li>\n
      5. Israel<\/li>\n
      6. Jesus<\/li>\n
      7. Salvation<\/li>\n
      8. Holy Spirit<\/li>\n
      9. Church<\/li>\n
      10. End Times<\/li>\n
      11. Angels<\/li>\n
      12. Rewards<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        This is not a perfect order, and maybe I will change it as I go, but for now, it will have to do.<\/p>\n

        Any predictions on how long this is going to take? I wonder who will get bored of this first? Me or you? The good thing is that I won’t be doing this non-stop. We will intersperse it with posts about other topics and writing projects of mine.<\/p>\n

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