theologicaladj.n.

/θiːəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl/

Etymology: < medieval Latin theologicālis (Duns Scotus a1308), < Latin theologicus (see theologic adj.) + -ālis , -al suffix¹: see -ical suffix.

A. adj.

1. Of or pertaining to the word of God, i.e. the Bible; scriptural: cf. theology n. 2; in theological virtues [virtutes theologicae, Albertus Magnus] , applied to faith, hope, and charity (1 Corinthians xiii. 13), as distinct from the earlier four cardinal virtues of Plato and the Stoics (cf. note at temperance n.).From the contemporary senses of theologia, this seems to have been the original meaning; but other reasons for and explanations of the name were current from Aquinas onward: see the quots.; cf. also

c1380 J. Wyclif De Eccles. ii, in Sel. Wks. III. 340 Þes two godliche virtues [faith and hope.]

The ancient pre-Christian virtues were called virtutes cardinales a.d. 379, by Ambrose Exc. Satyri i. 57.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [adjective]

godlyOE

theologal virtues1484

theological1526

scripturely1536

scriptural1578

hagiographical1585

theologic?1606

biblical1652

biblic1684

testamentary1849

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [noun] > theological virtues

virtues of theologya1500

theological virtues1526

1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) vii. 90 Of whiche seuen vertues the thre ben theologale or deuyne, And the other four ben cardynal. The theologal ben fayth, hope, & charyte.]

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCCiii^v The rofe that couereth al, is the theologicall vertue, hope.

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 184 The vertues (quhilk I hawe called theological and cardinal).

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 12 Goodnesse answers to the Theologicall vertue, Charity, and admittes not excesse, but error.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Theologicall vertues, Faith, Hope and Charity are so called, because they haue their obiect and end in God.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 14 in Justice Vindicated By Theological virtues I do not mean only those three most eminent virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity, but all those actions of obedience due to them..; to whom I owe my obedience not by any Law of Nature, but as commanded by God in the Scriptures.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost iii. 82 Faith is called a theological virtue, because it unites the soul with its Maker.

1909 R. L. Ottley Christian Ideas & Ideals i. vi. 98 Faith, hope, and love are commonly called ‘theological virtues’, for reasons which Aquinas briefly enumerates. They have, he says, God for their object; they [etc.].

2. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of theology; dealing with or treating of theology.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > [adjective]

theologic1477

theological1603

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1304 The Theologicall interpretations that the Stoicks give out: for they holde, that the generative and nutritive Spirit, is Bacchus.

1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery i. ii. 89 It is cited..in the decrees of the Popes, and in the Theological sums of great Divine.

a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) App. i. 547 Among their [sc. the Arabians'] theological works, there are some upon the principles of the mystic divinity.

1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) Introd. ii. §18 The theological principle; meaning that principle which professes to recur for the standard of right and wrong to the will of God.

1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea i Frederick was a theological student in the university at Wilna.

1861 A. P. Stanley Lect. Eastern Church (1869) i. 23 The Athanasian controversy..is, strictly speaking, theological; unlike the Pelagian or the Lutheran controversies, it relates not to man, but to God.

1904 Times 4 May 2/6 The abolition of all theological tests and sectarian teaching during school hours.

3. transferred. In trivial or disparaging use: of, pertaining to, or characterized by dogma or abstract principles (as opposed to practical considerations); doctrinaire, academic.

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [adjective]

perspectivala1866

ideological1873

value-oriented1938

theological1959

values-oriented1959

1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 June 329/4 The ‘theological’ approach to Soviet Marxism..proves in the long run unsatisfactory.

1964 S. Brittan Treasury under Tories ii. vi. 196 The three Treasury ministers played straight into the Prime Minister's hands, by their theological stress on permitting no increase at all on government expenditure for the coming financial year in money terms (which meant cutting it in real terms).

1964 Listener 30 July 148/2 Mr Walt Rostow..referred to ‘the whole insoluble theological issue’ of control... ‘Theological’ has two senses... He was clearly using the second or vernacular meaning, which is ‘as impractical and as irrelevant to the matter in hand as the study of the nature of God’.

1968 Observer 28 Apr. 8/3 The doctrinal arguments which used to involve Labour in theological warfare.

1979 H. Kissinger White House Years xviii. 719 It was a reflection on the theological nature of our China debate that many experts still regarded the ‘solution’ of the UN issue, liturgically, as the absolute precondition of any improvement in our relations with Peking.

1980 Spectator 2 Feb. 5/3 The dispute..nominally involves theological distinctions between ‘News’ and ‘Current Events’.

B. n.

†1. plural. The theological virtues. Obsolete.

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society > morality > virtue > [noun] > a virtue > specific groups of > theological

theologicals1602

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 138 Three speciall principia or causes..called of Diuines the three Theologicals,..faith,..charitie,..hope.

†2. plural. Theological matters or principles. Obsolete.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > [noun] > theological matters

theologicals1650

theologic1728

1650 W. Sclater, Jr. in W. Sclater Expos. 4th Chapter Rom. Ep. Ded. sig. A4 The greatest patterne, and example for men to live by:..whether in your Naturalls, or in your Morals, or in your Theologicalls.

1774 J. Hutton Let. in F. Burney Early Diary (1889) I. 303 I have found much pleasure in Madame de Maintenon's Letters (except in Theologicals and Spirituals).

3. A man trained at a theological college.

ΚΠ

1871 S. B. James Duty & Doctr. (ed. 3) 18 University clergy are rarer and theologicals and literates more numerous.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	theological
释义	theologicaladj.n. /θiːəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl/ Etymology: < medieval Latin theologicālis (Duns Scotus a1308), < Latin theologicus (see theologic adj.) + -ālis , -al suffix¹: see -ical suffix. A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to the word of God, i.e. the Bible; scriptural: cf. theology n. 2; in theological virtues [virtutes theologicae, Albertus Magnus] , applied to faith, hope, and charity (1 Corinthians xiii. 13), as distinct from the earlier four cardinal virtues of Plato and the Stoics (cf. note at temperance n.).From the contemporary senses of theologia, this seems to have been the original meaning; but other reasons for and explanations of the name were current from Aquinas onward: see the quots.; cf. also c1380 J. Wyclif De Eccles. ii, in Sel. Wks. III. 340 Þes two godliche virtues [faith and hope.] The ancient pre-Christian virtues were called virtutes cardinales a.d. 379, by Ambrose Exc. Satyri i. 57. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [adjective] godlyOE theologal virtues1484 theological1526 scripturely1536 scriptural1578 hagiographical1585 theologic?1606 biblical1652 biblic1684 testamentary1849 society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [noun] > theological virtues virtues of theologya1500 theological virtues1526 1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) vii. 90 Of whiche seuen vertues the thre ben theologale or deuyne, And the other four ben cardynal. The theologal ben fayth, hope, & charyte.] 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCCiii^v The rofe that couereth al, is the theologicall vertue, hope. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 184 The vertues (quhilk I hawe called theological and cardinal). 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 12 Goodnesse answers to the Theologicall vertue, Charity, and admittes not excesse, but error. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Theologicall vertues, Faith, Hope and Charity are so called, because they haue their obiect and end in God. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 14 in Justice Vindicated By Theological virtues I do not mean only those three most eminent virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity, but all those actions of obedience due to them..; to whom I owe my obedience not by any Law of Nature, but as commanded by God in the Scriptures. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost iii. 82 Faith is called a theological virtue, because it unites the soul with its Maker. 1909 R. L. Ottley Christian Ideas & Ideals i. vi. 98 Faith, hope, and love are commonly called ‘theological virtues’, for reasons which Aquinas briefly enumerates. They have, he says, God for their object; they [etc.]. 2. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of theology; dealing with or treating of theology. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > [adjective] theologic1477 theological1603 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1304 The Theologicall interpretations that the Stoicks give out: for they holde, that the generative and nutritive Spirit, is Bacchus. 1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery i. ii. 89 It is cited..in the decrees of the Popes, and in the Theological sums of great Divine. a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) App. i. 547 Among their [sc. the Arabians'] theological works, there are some upon the principles of the mystic divinity. 1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) Introd. ii. §18 The theological principle; meaning that principle which professes to recur for the standard of right and wrong to the will of God. 1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea i Frederick was a theological student in the university at Wilna. 1861 A. P. Stanley Lect. Eastern Church (1869) i. 23 The Athanasian controversy..is, strictly speaking, theological; unlike the Pelagian or the Lutheran controversies, it relates not to man, but to God. 1904 Times 4 May 2/6 The abolition of all theological tests and sectarian teaching during school hours. 3. transferred. In trivial or disparaging use: of, pertaining to, or characterized by dogma or abstract principles (as opposed to practical considerations); doctrinaire, academic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [adjective] perspectivala1866 ideological1873 value-oriented1938 theological1959 values-oriented1959 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 June 329/4 The ‘theological’ approach to Soviet Marxism..proves in the long run unsatisfactory. 1964 S. Brittan Treasury under Tories ii. vi. 196 The three Treasury ministers played straight into the Prime Minister's hands, by their theological stress on permitting no increase at all on government expenditure for the coming financial year in money terms (which meant cutting it in real terms). 1964 Listener 30 July 148/2 Mr Walt Rostow..referred to ‘the whole insoluble theological issue’ of control... ‘Theological’ has two senses... He was clearly using the second or vernacular meaning, which is ‘as impractical and as irrelevant to the matter in hand as the study of the nature of God’. 1968 Observer 28 Apr. 8/3 The doctrinal arguments which used to involve Labour in theological warfare. 1979 H. Kissinger White House Years xviii. 719 It was a reflection on the theological nature of our China debate that many experts still regarded the ‘solution’ of the UN issue, liturgically, as the absolute precondition of any improvement in our relations with Peking. 1980 Spectator 2 Feb. 5/3 The dispute..nominally involves theological distinctions between ‘News’ and ‘Current Events’. B. n. †1. plural. The theological virtues. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > [noun] > a virtue > specific groups of > theological theologicals1602 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 138 Three speciall principia or causes..called of Diuines the three Theologicals,..faith,..charitie,..hope. †2. plural. Theological matters or principles. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > [noun] > theological matters theologicals1650 theologic1728 1650 W. Sclater, Jr. in W. Sclater Expos. 4th Chapter Rom. Ep. Ded. sig. A4 The greatest patterne, and example for men to live by:..whether in your Naturalls, or in your Morals, or in your Theologicalls. 1774 J. Hutton Let. in F. Burney Early Diary (1889) I. 303 I have found much pleasure in Madame de Maintenon's Letters (except in Theologicals and Spirituals). 3. A man trained at a theological college. ΚΠ 1871 S. B. James Duty & Doctr. (ed. 3) 18 University clergy are rarer and theologicals and literates more numerous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.n.1526
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