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| Catholicism |
the theological and moral doctrines, the faith, and the ecclesiastical practices of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| creationism |
the theological doctrine that each human soul is created out of nothing for each individual born. [1/2 definitions] |
| morality play |
an allegorical drama with characters that personify certain vices and virtues, intended for the moral and theological instruction of the audience. |
| nontheological |
combined form of theological. |
| quodlibet |
a formal debate or argument, as on a theological or philosophical problem. [1/2 definitions] |
| scholasticism |
(sometimes cap.) the prevailing system of medieval theological and philosophical teaching, based on the authority of the early Christian church fathers and on Aristotelian logic. [1/2 definitions] |
| theologize |
to speculate or theorize on theological matters or subjects. [2 definitions] |
| Thomism |
the theological and philosophical system of St. Thomas Aquinas, on which thirteenth-century scholasticism was based. |
| universalism |
(often cap.) a theological doctrine that asserts the universal fatherhood of God and the final salvation of all people. [1/2 definitions] |
| Upanishads |
a group of Hindu writings of the sixth to eighth centuries dealing with philosophical and theological questions of mankind and the universe. |
| virgin birth |
(often cap.) the Christian theological doctrine that Mary was still a virgin when she bore Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit having miraculously impregnated her. [1/2 definitions] |
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