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theologian|θiːəʊˈləʊdʒɪən|
Also 5–6 -yen.
[a. F. théologien (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), f. théologie or L. theologia theology; subseq. assimilated to L. spelling: see -logian.]
a. One who is versed in theology; spec. one who makes a study or profession of theology; a divine. Also attrib.
1483Caxton Cato F j b, The phycycyen was..ryght good Theologyen or knowyng the dyuyne scryptures. 1509Fisher Funeral Serm. C'tess Richmond Wks. (1876) 303 Whiche thinge not onely the theologyens wytnesse, but the phylosophers also. a1627Hayward Edw. VI (1630) 84 Some theologians..desteining their professions..by publishing odious vntruths. 1667Milton P.L. v. 436 The common gloss Of Theologians. 1769Robertson Chas. V, xi. III. 352 The abilities or zeal of theologians long exercised in disputation. 1836H. Rogers J. Howe ii. (1863) 23 Professed theologians were not the parties for whom the Bible was exclusively, or even principally intended. 1897Scotsman 26 May 10/6 My theologian judges and my lay judges.
b. In reference to pagan religions: = theologer b. rare.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1047 The olde Theologians and Divines..have put into the hands of the images of the gods, musicall instruments. 1904Budge 3rd & 4th Egypt. Rooms Brit. Mus. 127 Under the New Empire the votaries of Rā formed a numerous and powerful body, and their theologians and priests endeavoured to impress their views on the country in general.
c. canon theologian (R.C. Ch.) = theologal B.
1885Cath. Dict. (ed. 3) s.v. Canon Theologian, The Council of Trent directed..that.. in..cathedral..or even collegiate churches..a Canon Theologian..should be appointed.
d. In sense 1 d of theology.
1968Listener 10 Oct. 469/2 To speak well of the past was a mortal sin and got you into trouble with the party theologians and eventually with the police. 1982‘I. I. Magdalen’ Search for Anderson ii. ii. 147 We had the ideologists and the purists and the theologians.
Add:e. theologian of hope: a proponent of the theology of hope (see *theology n. 1 b).
1974E. F. Tupper Theol. Wolfhart Pannenberg i. 26 Pannenberg should not be indiscriminately lumped with Moltmann as ‘a theologian of hope’ stimulated by the futuristic philosophy of Ernst Bloch. 1978D. F. Wells Search for Salvation v. 127 As against Bultmann, the theologians of hope like Moltmann—and the liberation and revolutionary theologies which have built on his views—insist that New Testament eschatology must be taken with the utmost seriousness and literalness. |