1)      Allegory: Description of one thing under the image of another

2)      Annihilationism: The belief that those not believing in Jesus Christ will be obliterated by God because of their sin.

3)      Antediluvium: The term for the materials in the book of Genesis that are recorded prior to the flood that covered the Earth in the story of Noah.

4)      Anthropocentric: Belief that humans and their values constitute the central fact of the universe.

5)      Antinomianism: The view that there is no need for the law of God in Christianity.

6)      Apocatastasis: Biblical picture of the final restoration of all things.

7)      Apollinarianism: The view that Christ did not assume full human nature but that in the incarnation the divine Logos took the place of the human soul.

8)      Apologetics: Providing an account of the grounds for believing in Christianity.

9)      Arianism: The teaching that Jesus is the highest created being but does not share the same substance as God the Father.

10)   Arminianism: Teaching of James Arminius that conflicted with Calvinism on issues of soteriology.

11)   Atonement: The death of Jesus Christ on the Christ that restores the relationship between God and sinners.

12)   Calvinism: The views of John Calvin on the topic of soteriology.

13)   Christology: The study of the person and work of Jesus Christ.

14)   Church Fathers: Name given to important theologians of the early Christian church from the end of the New Testament until around the 5^th century.

15)   Clericalism: Power and influence exercised by clergy in governmental or political arenas.

16)   Codex: Sheets of vellum or papyrus laid on top of each other and sewn together to form a book.

17)   Conciliarism: The view that the supreme authority of the Roman Catholic Church rests with general councils and not the pope.

18)   Consubstantial: Of the same substance or being.

19)   Creationism: The view that God creates each individual human soul at the point of conception in the womb.

20)   Demythologization: A view that a Bible interpreter must consider what biblical myths and symbols point toward and translate these into categories of existential philosophy.

21)   Dispensationalism: Each dispensation is a different time period in which humans are tested in responding to God’s will.  Seven dispensations in total according to Darby.

22)   Ecclesiology: The study of the church as a biblical and theological topic.

23)   Eisegesis: reading meanings into a biblical text.

24)   Election: God’s choosing of people to enjoy the benefits of salvation.

25)   Eschatology: Study of the end times.

26)   Exegesis: The act of interpreting the meaning of verses or passages of scriptures.

27)   Existentialism: Truth determined subjectively by a person’s participation in reality.

28)   Gap theory: The belief that there is a gap of time between Gen 1:2 and 1:3 that accounts for the geological time between God’s original creative act and the subsequent re-forming of the world.

29)   Glossolalia: Speaking in tongues.

30)   Gnosticism: An early church view that focused on obtaining secret knowledge transmitted only to people who considered themselves “enlightened”.

31)   Hamartiology: The study of the doctrine of sin.

32)   Heresy: A view chosen instead of the official teachings of a church.

33)   Hermeneutics: The rules one uses for searching out the meanings of writings.

34)   Higher Criticism: Approaching the forms and sources of the biblical texts with the tools of scientific and literary critical study in hand.

35)   Homoousios: Of the same substance.

36)   Hypostasis: The term was used by the early church for the three persons of the Godhead.

37)   Iconoclasm: The breaking of physical images in churches.

38)   Imputation: Death and guilt are imputed to all through Adam.  Through Christ’s work, righteousness is imputed to those who believe.

39)   Infralapsarianism: The view found in orthodox Lutheran and Reformed theology that in the order of God’s decrees, God decreed to permit the fall of humanity into sin before decreeing to save some of humanity.

40)   Justification: God declaring a righteous person to be just on the basis of the righteousness of Jesus Christ.

41)   Kenoticism: A theological approach that emphasizes the self-emptying of Jesus Christ, where He relinquished heavenly authority to accomplish the work of salvation by his death and resurrection.

42)   Liberation Theology: A view that sees the gospel as liberation from all forms of oppression.

43)   Lower Criticism: Textual criticism that deals with establishing the best and most accurate manuscript text of the Bible in the original languages.

44)   Missiology: The study of the mission of the Christian Church.

45)   Modalism: The view that there is one God that was revealed at different times in different ways. And thus has three modes of appearance rather than being one God in three Persons.

46)   Mysticism: The direct apprehension of the divine or the numinous in an unmediated awareness.

47)   Pelagianism: Totally free human will to do Good.

48)   Pneumatology: Theological doctrine of the Holy Spirit.

49)   Propitiation: Making atonement for sin by making an acceptable sacrifice.

50)   Regeneration: The action of the Holy Spirit that transforms the lives of those who receive the gift of faith so they experience a new birth and salvation through Jesus Christ.

All theological terms are from the Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms by Donald K. McKim (though re-worded by myself).