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Christian Ethics
[Doctrine & Theology]Christian ethics is the field of theology that examines, in light of the Christian faith, what is right and how Christians ought to live as individuals and in society. It is also called the study of Christian ethics.
Christian Worldview
[Doctrine & Theology]The Christian worldview is a framework of thought, grounded in the teaching of the Bible, for interpreting the world, humanity, history, and culture and for viewing every area of life. It is commonly explained through the pattern of creation, fall, and redemption.
Christian Philosophy
[Doctrine & Theology]Christian philosophy is the discipline that addresses philosophical questions such as being, knowledge, and ethics from the perspective of the Christian faith, or that examines the content of the faith using the methods of philosophy.
Christian Education
[Doctrine & Theology]Christian education is the activity by which a faith community teaches Scripture and its faith tradition in order to nurture people in the faith. The term also refers to the academic discipline that studies this activity.
Sovereignty of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The sovereignty of God is the doctrine that God, as Creator, rules the whole world, history, and salvation according to his own will. Protestants share this confession, but denominations differ in how they understand its relationship to human freedom.
Love of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The love of God refers to the goodwill and self-giving disposition that God extends to His creatures, especially to human beings. In Christian theology it is treated as one of the attributes of God.
Hamartiology
[Doctrine & Theology]Hamartiology is the branch of systematic theology that deals with the nature, origin, spread, and consequences of sin. It focuses chiefly on original sin, actual sin, and the consequences of sin.
Attributes of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The attributes of God are the essential qualities that reveal who God is. They are also called the character of God, and Reformed theology commonly divides them into communicable and incommunicable attributes.
Doctrine of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The doctrine of God (theology proper) is the branch of systematic theology that addresses who God is: His existence, names, attributes, and triune nature, together with His works such as creation and providence.
Ecclesiology
[Doctrine & Theology]Ecclesiology is the branch of systematic theology that addresses what the church is (its nature), how the true church is recognized (its marks), who serves in it and how (its offices), and for what purpose it exists (its mission).
Eternity of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The eternity of God is the doctrine that God has neither beginning nor end and is not bound by the passage of time. It is one of the fundamental topics in the doctrine of God, which treats the divine attributes.
Immutability of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The immutability of God is the doctrine that God does not change in his being, attributes, will, or promises. It is one of the attributes of God and is confessed in common by many Protestant denominations.
Holiness of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The holiness of God is the divine attribute by which God is set apart from all creatures and is perfectly pure, unmixed with sin. On the basis of this holiness, Scripture calls God's people to live holy lives as well.
Omniscience of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The omniscience of God is the attribute by which God fully knows all things, past, present, and future, including the inner thoughts of the human heart. Christian traditions differ in how they understand the relationship between God's foreknowledge, predestination, and human freedom.
The Justice of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The justice of God is the attribute by which God is righteous in himself and judges and governs all things according to a right standard. It provides a theological basis for discussions of judgment on sin, the doctrine of salvation, and social justice.
Omnipotence of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The omnipotence of God is the doctrine that God has the power to accomplish everything He wills. It is widely known through the Apostles' Creed's confession of "God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth."
Perichoresis
[Doctrine & Theology]Perichoresis is a theological term expressing that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, while distinct from one another, dwell in one another and exist as one God. It is commonly rendered in English as "mutual indwelling."
Communication of Attributes
[Doctrine & Theology]The communication of attributes is the Christological teaching that the attributes of both the divine and human natures in the one person of Jesus Christ are together ascribed to that one person. Because the doctrine is closely tied to the understanding of the Lord's Supper, Lutheran and Reformed churches explain it in different ways.
Aseity of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The aseity of God is the theological teaching that God exists of himself, depending on nothing else, and has the source of being and life within himself. It is counted among the basic attributes in the Christian doctrine of God.
Divine Simplicity
[Doctrine & Theology]Divine simplicity is the doctrine that God is not a being composed of multiple parts or elements and that God's attributes are identical with His essence itself.