Theology proper

Theology proper is the sub-discipline of systematic theology which deals specifically with the being, attributes and works of God. In Christian theology, and within the Trinitarian setting, this includes Paterology (the study of God the Father),^[1] Christology (the study of Jesus Christ) and Pneumatology (the study of the Holy Spirit).^[2]

See also

• Apophatic theology
• Attributes of God
• Cataphatic theology
• Divine simplicity
• Divinization
• Doctrine of God
• Eternality
• Godhead (Christianity)
• God the Father
• Immutability
• Impassibility
• Kenosis
• Monotheism
• Omnipotence
• Omnipresence
• Omniscience
• Ontology
• Prescience
• Transcendentals
• Trinity
• Theodicy

References

Footnotes

1. Barackman 2001, p. 129.
2. Kärkkäinen 2010.

Bibliography

• Barackman, Floyd H. (2001). Practical Christian Theology: Examining the Great Doctrines of the Faith (4th ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications.
• Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti, ed. (2010). Holy Spirit and Salvation: The Sources of Christian Theology. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press.