STUDIES IN THE BIBLE – LESSON 5
BRANCHES OF THEOLOGY
Logos = Thought, Word Reasoning, Doctrine, Study, (John 1:1).
Ology = The Doctrine Or Study Of….a. Theology – The Doctrine Of God.
Note: In The Middle Ages Theology Was Queen Of The Sciences.
Note: Many Major Universities Were First Seminaries.
Theos = God & Logos = Doctrine, (Gen. 1:1).
God As Creator, Father, Omniscient, Omnipotent, Ubiquitous etc.b. Pneumatology – The Doctrine Of The Spirit.
Pneuma = Spirit & Logos = Doctrine.
Old Testament Pneumatology, (Gen. 1:.2)
New Testament Pneumatology, (Acts 2:4).c. Hamartiology – The Doctrine Of Sin.
Hamartia = Miss The Mark & Logos = Doctrine.
Sin As Principle & Power, (Gen. 2:17).
Sin As Evil Of Choice, (Rom. 3:23).d. Christology – The Doctrine Of Christ.
Christos = Anointed One & Logos = Doctrine, (Matt. 16:13).
Ontological Christology = Who He Is, (Person).
Functional Christology = What He Does, (Work).e. Soteriology – The Doctrine Of Salvation.
Soteria = Rescue & Logos = Doctrine, (Acts 2:21).f. Ecclesiology – The Doctrine Of The Church:
Ecclesia = Called Out & Logos = Doctrine.
Church Is The Community Of The Called Out.
Old Testament Ecclesia, (Acts 7:38).
New Testament Ecclesia, (Matt. 16:18).g. Eschatology – The Doctrine Of The End:
Eschaton = Last Things & Logos = Doctrine, (Matt. 24:3).
Rapture, Tribulation, Millennium & Judgment As Eschatology.PRAYER: FATHER, TEACH US YOUR WAYS.