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theologist|θiːˈɒlədʒɪst|
[ad. med.L. theologista (Luther 1519 Wks. (1884) II. 161), agent-n. f. theologizāre: see theologize and -ist.]
A professed theologian. a. In reference to pagan religions: = theologer b. (Used of ancient or modern writers on these.) Now rare.
a1638Mede Apostasy Later Times (1641) 19 Their Theologists bring in another kinde of Daemons more high and sublime. a1638― Wks. (1672) 626, I take the word Δαιµόνιον..in the better..sense, as it was..taken among the Theologists and Philosophers of the Gentiles. 1755Gentl. Mag. XXV. 58/1, I am informed by a most learned..theologist, that Tantalus did not incur the displeasure of Jupiter till after the accident which happened to his son. 1816G. S. Faber Orig. Pagan Idol. II. 102 The other philosophizing theologists of the east.
b. In reference to Christianity or other monotheistic religion: = theologer a.
1641Earl of Monmouth tr. Biondi's Civil Warres v. 109 The schoole of Theologists who say that by sinning hee lost what hee had received by favour. 1668Franco Truth Springing 1 The generally-received Opinion amongst the Jews Theologists,..That the Lord governeth onely the people of Israel with his peculiar and particular Providence. 1774Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. Diss. ii. 42 Anselm, an acute metaphysician and theologist. Ibid. 75 These visionary theologists never explained or illustrated any scriptural topic. 1857Baden-Powell in Oxford Ess. 181 The generality of these later natural theologists.
c. In derogatory sense: cf. theologism.
1900A. M. Christie tr. Hist. Germ. People Mid. Ages III. 57 His opponents were not theologians but theologists. |