Word: theologian
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...theologist tries to understand them in his spiritual laws. Religion is not by any means the same thing as theology. The one is the science of the study of God's nature, while the other is the art of obeying His laws and doing His work. A theologian is not necessarily religious, any more than a physiologist must necessarilly have a fine physique...
Prof. J. H. Worcester D, D., the well-known theologian of Union Theological Seminary, died Monday...
...wish to call the attention of the college to the fact that prayers are being conducted at present by a preacher whose learning and prominence is not fully appreciated by undergraduates and whose position as an eminent theologian is equal to that of any divine in the country. Professor Charles C. Everett, Dean of the Divinity Faculty, is a man whose learning and position is not always recognized by undergraduates because of his connection with the Divinity School, which brings him into contact with only a certain number of men. Dr. Everett is one of the best members...
...which the priests endeavor to cover with elaborate rituals. These rituals and ceremonies existed at the time of Christ. If any of them is essential to religion, Christ would have said so. Instead, we find him preaching Law and Gospel which is Love and Hope. His apostles, Paul the theologian, and James the ecclesiastic, also reiterate the old prophets...