A Personal Theology: etymology of Logos

noun

1. Philosophy

a. In pre-Socratic philosophy, the principle governing the cosmos, the source of this principle, or human reasoning about the cosmos.
b. Among the Sophists, the topics of rational argument or the arguments themselves.
c. In Stoicism, the active, material, rational principle of the cosmos; nous. Identified with God, it is the source of all activity and generation and is the power of reason residing in the human soul.

2. Judaism

a. In biblical Judaism, the word of God, which itself has creative power and is God's medium of communication with the human race.
b. In Hellenistic Judaism, a hypostasis associated with divine wisdom.

3. Christianity:  In Saint John's Gospel, especially in the prologue (1:1-14), the creative word of God, which is itself God and incarnate in Jesus. Also called Word.
[Greek; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Also:
Theology:  Christian theol the divine Word; the second person of the Trinity incarnate in the person of Jesus
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
Source:  http://www.thefreedictionary.com/logos

Featured Icon/Saint:  Saint Albert the Great

Albertus Magnus was a great scientist and Doctor of the Church.  He was also a teacher, a preacher, a priest, a Bishop, a philosopher, and a theological writer. Observer of the Natural Sciences.

Patronage

• Cincinnati, Ohio, archdiocese of
• medical technicians
• natural sciences
• philosophers
• schoolchildren
• scientists
• students
• theology students

Source:  http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-albert-the-great/

Be blessed, Amen.
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A personal observation.

Opinion

The weight of the world is heavy when one does not have a personal system of dealing.

~CET Fuller

Icon:  Gabriel the Archangel

**Name Meaning: 

• God is mighty
• God is my strength
• man of God
• my master is God
• strong man of God
• the strength of God

**Source:  http://saints.sqpn.com/gabriel-the-archangel/

Peace be unto you.

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A Personal Theology: a theology defined

This is a Theology “type” spotlight – so to speak.  As a seeker of theological knowledge, I will need to define many terms/phrases/idioms/isms …

Reformed theology:  "A system of religious belief based on the writings and beliefs of Calvin."  Source:  Glossary of Religious Terms
Who is Calvin?  John Calvin (Geneva, Switzerland) July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564, was a pastor and theologian during what is know as the Protestant Reformation – in which the Protestant Church broke away from the Roman Catholic Church.  See Martin Luther.

Calvinism:
"Strict theological doctrine of the French Protestant church reformer John Calvin (1509-1564) and the basis of Puritan society. Calvin held that all humans were born sinful and only God’s grace (not the church) could save a person from hell."  Source:  An Outline of American Literature by Kathryn VanSpanckeren.

Sound interesting?  Learn more…

• The Five Points of Calvinism
• The History of Calvinism
• Protestant Reformation
• Puritan society
• Find a church

May this information bless you.

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Welcome to A Personal Theology

These writings are concerning [my] developing a personal theology (through independent research/study) in a world of everyone else's theologies and/or beliefs. They are about defining what I really believe, instead of blindly rolling with what I have been grandfathered into, so that I may know The Creator not in ignorance, but in full knowledge.

This site WILL NOT bash any, ANY existing theologies, belief systems, religions, ideologies, or the people holding any of the aforementioned.  However, the focus is on the positive energy of The Most High, The Creator.

It is the author's hope that her journey to find her own personal theology will be one that is helpful to others.

Again, welcome :)

Definition of THEOLOGY

1: the study of religious faith, practice, and experience; especially : the study of God and of God's relation to the world.  Source:  http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theology 

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