Prolegomena
Things one says beforehand
Christian theology
- god talk
- as pursuit and content
Biblical theology
- higher critical
- individual authors or sections
- redemptive historical development
- redemptive historical framework
Historical theology
- History of theology from apostles to now. Heb 13:7-9
- trace theological developments
- Trace doctrines
Philosophical theology
Theology through logic and reason
Practical theology
Theology through shepherding
Systematic theology
the presentation of the biblically revealed truths of God in a logical and topical arrangement, giving special attention to the internal coherence of each doctrine with all the other doctrines, the reasonable plausibility of each doctrine, and the place of the presentation in the larger framework of the Christian tradition.
Doctrine
Knowledge and belief about god
Dogma
Doctrine that ought to be believed
Dogmatics
Systematic theology
Assumptions in systematic theology
- god exists
- god is knowable and makes himself known
- the god who exists is the god of the bible
Sources of Christian knowledge
- divine revelation
- tradition
General revelation
- creation and conscience
- Ps 19:1, Rom 1:18-20, Rom 2:14-15
Special revelation
- scripture
- jesus
- 2tim 3:16
Traditions and creeds
Tradition 1- boundaries Tradition 2- scripture = tradition Tradition 0- tradition has no authority -Jude 3 -2tim 1:13-14 -Titus 1:9
