The theological content too has raised questions for some, including Martin Percy, who argues there is too great an emphasis on a very intimate relationship with God, using terms such as ‘ I ’ and ‘ you ’ instead of ‘ we ’ and ‘ God ’ and very passionate, physical language, and argues that this bias needs urgent correction.

In general, the ISV attempts to preserve the relative ambiguity of the text rather than to make positive statements that depend on the translators ’ judgment or that might reflect theological bias.

His second book, Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament, has generated considerable controversy for highlighting cases of theological bias in the translation process, by which, he argues, contemporary Christian views are anachronistically introduced into the Bible versions that most modern English-speaking Christians rely on.

There is a difference in theological belief where there seems little chance of agreement.

It is because each side has sought to implement its distinctive theological belief through legislation and thus indirectly force its belief, or at least the practical consequences thereof, upon others.

There is much talk in theological circles about the `` Church as Mission '' and the `` Church's Mission '' ; ;

If the content of faith is to be presented today in a form that can be `` understanded of the people '' -- and this, it must not be forgotten, is one of the goals of the perennial theological task -- there is no other choice but to abandon completely a mythological manner of representation.

Although the theological forms of the past continue to exist in a way they do not in a more secularized situation, the striking thing is the rapidity with which they are being reduced to a marginal existence.

To say this, of course, is to take up a position on one side of a controversy going on now for some two hundred years, or, at any rate, since the beginning of the distinctively modern period in theological thought.

There is no justification for systematizing the random statements of Irenaeus about the image of God beyond this, nor for reading into his imprecise usage the later theological distinction between the image of God ( humanity ) and the similitude of God ( immortality ).

Even though his theological theses have become, to us, commonplaces, the fundamental interrogation he phrased is very much with us.

In coining the word Altruism, as stated above, Comte was probably opposing this Thomistic doctrine, which is present in some theological schools within Catholicism.

A notable example is Emanuel Swedenborg who wrote some 18 theological works which describe in detail the nature of the afterlife according to his claimed spiritual experiences, the most famous of which is Heaven and Hell.

Arianism is the theological teaching attributed to Arius ( ca.

" Arianism " is also often used to refer to other nontrinitarian theological systems of the 4th century, which regarded Jesus Christ — the Son of God, the Logos — as either a created being ( as in Arianism proper and Anomoeanism ), or as neither uncreated nor created in the sense other beings are created ( as in Semi-Arianism ).

The theological term for this submission is kenosis.

Arminianism is based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius ( 1560 – 1609 ) and his historic supporters known as the Remonstrants and is known as a soteriological sect of Protestant Christianity.

Classical Arminianism ( sometimes titled Reformed Arminianism or Reformation Arminianism ) is the theological system that was presented by Jacobus Arminius and maintained by some of the Remonstrants ; its influence serves as the foundation for all Arminian systems.

Understanding Arminianism is aided by understanding the theological alternatives: Pelagianism, Semi-Pelagianism, and Calvinism.

Another of his theological textbooks that strove to be more minute in its focus, is his De Fide Catholica, dated somewhere between 1185 to 1200, Alan sets out to refute heretical views, specifically that of the Waldensians and Cathars.

Tradition holds that the text was written by Luke the companion of Paul ( named in Colossians ) and this traditional view of Lukan authorship is “ widely held as the view which most satisfactorily explains all the data .” The list of scholars maintaining authorship by Luke the physician is lengthy, and represents scholars from a wide range of theological opinion.

His theological works argued that religious experience is a fundamentally human impulse, not just a Jewish one, and that no religious community could claim a monopoly on religious truth.

It is now accepted by most scholars that the Arian Party was not a monolithic group, holding drastically different theological views that spanned the early Christian theological spectrum.

As a teenager he was his father ’ s amanuensis and was regularly seen debating theological issues with the learned men of the area.

Differences in style, theological content, and familiarity with Greek between the Gospel of John, the epistles of John, and the Revelation are seen by some scholars as indicating three separate authors.

Futurism dominates the more conservative theological viewpoints at present, though preterism is seen in a resurgence.

The Platonic influence on Maximus ' thought can be seen most clearly in his theological anthropology.

This might be seen as a theological statement that concludes that earthly endeavors must take second place to the pursuit of the holy.

This work is often seen as being somewhat ahead of its time, as it insists that girls should receive a thorough education, particularly in theological matters, so that they will be able to recognize and refute heresies.

The theological positions to which he ultimately attained are best seen in his Christliche Glaubenslehre, published shortly before his death ( 1879 – 1881 ).

In his prologue to the latest edition of this book, John Kersey refers to the Eucharist proposed by Leadbeater as " a radical reinterpretation of the context of the Eucharist seen within a theological standpoint of esoteric magic and universal salvation ; it is Catholicism expressing the love of God to the full without the burdens of needless guilt and fear, and the false totem of the temporal powers of the church.

During the period typology became the dominant approach in theological literature and art to interpreting the bible, with Old Testament incidents seen as pre-figurations of aspects of the life of Christ, and shown paired with their corresponding New Testament episode.

The gospels can be seen as having three separate lines: A literary line which looks at it from a textual perspective, secondly a historical line which observes how Christianity started as a renewal movement within Judaism and eventually separated from it, and finally a theological line which analyzes Christian teachings.

Justification is seen by Protestants as being the theological fault line that divided Catholic from Protestant during the Reformation.

Schmitt ’ s influence has also recently been seen as consequential for those interested in contemporary political theology, which is much influenced by Schmitt's argument that political concepts are secularized theological concepts.

In all official Orthodox theological circles ( such as the Russian Orthodox Church or the Ecumenical Patriarchate ), MOC is seen as a schismatic group and a political fabrication, similar to the churches that supported it.

While the Western Roman Empire declined and fell, the Eastern Roman Empire, centred on Constantinople, remained standing until 1453, and was the home of a wide range of theological activity that was seen as standing in strong continuity with the theology of the Patristic period ; indeed the division between Patristic and Byzantine theology would not be recognised by many Orthodox theologians and historians.

In addition, the century can be seen as period in which the study of natural philosophy that could anachronistically be called ' science ' began once again to flourish in theological soil, in the hands of such men as Robert Grosseteste and Roger Bacon.

Various Orthodox theologians including St. Symeon the New Theologian, St Gregory Palamas, John Romanides, Vladimir Lossky, Metropolitan Hierotheos ( Vlachos ) of Nafpaktos, Thomas Hopko, Professor George D. Metallinos Nikolaos Loudovikos, Dumitru Stăniloae, Stanley S. Harakas and Archimandrite George, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of St. Gregorios of Mount Athos hold that this criterion is at the very heart of many theological conflicts between Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Western Christianity, which is seen to culminate in the conflict over hesychasm.

Geza Vermes, states that the first saying from ( Mark and Matthew ) is a quotation from Psalm 22, and is therefore occasionally seen as a theological and literary device employed by the writers.

In the 18th century members of some of these congregations became dissatisfied with the theological innovations of some trained ministers, and created new congregations such as Hengoed near Ystrad Mynach In the same century, churches were sometimes involved in the Methodist movement, especially Groeswen and Watford near Caerphilly, which both received frequent visits from John Wesley The largest denomination, however, became the Calvinist Methodists ( later the Presbyterian Church of Wales ), whose distinctive grey stone chapels can be seen in many parts.

The specific covenants after the fall of Adam are seen as administered under the overarching theological covenant of grace.

Dominion Theology is seen by some as a subset of Dominionism, a term used by some social scientists and journalists to describe a theological form of political ideology, which they claim has broadly influenced the Christian Right in the United States, Canada, and Europe, within Protestant Christian evangelicalism and fundamentalism.

Following Adolf von Harnack, many scholars have interpreted the word ( which only appears in this instance ) as denoting a theological school and have therefore seen not only Eusebius but also Arius and other Arian leaders ( among them Maris, Theognis and Asterius ) as pupils of Lucian and have transferred Arian views unto Lucian.

He wrote numerous theological works: C. H. Spurgeon commented that Anderson's book Human Destiny was " the most valuable contribution on the subject " that he had seen.

The Sunnis referred here are identified by their conventional beliefs and practices and adherence to the Shafi ' i madh ' hab, while the other two theological orientations, the Mujahids and the Jama ' ats, are seen as movements within the Sunni Islam.

Postliberalism partly arose in response to a decline of the prestige of mainline Protestantism in America, in light of which conservative Evangelicalism and Roman Catholicism were seen by some theologians and ministers as the only serious theological and sociological alternatives.