Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 254

230 he writes

p. 379",

no poets TToXeo)?),

which

in

THE NAME

§ 56.

:

"

[Div. Ill

We, O Adimantos,

are at this

moment

but speak as founders of a city (ot/cicrrat and as such we should understand the forms (rviroi,} (TTOiT^rat ),

tlie

poets must

then asked, "

tell

The question

their legend."

What

should be the forms (types) of Theology?" upon which the answer follows that the gods must be proclaimed as they are, whether they are spoken of in is

"epics, in lyrics, or in tragedy"

(e'y eVeo-t,

iv /xeXecrLv or iv

This statement admits of no doubt. In this place at least -Xoyia is used in the sense of speaking. And with reference to its composition with ^eo-, it is evident that the idea of investigatmg the being of God must have originated much later than the necessity of speaking about rpayoiSia^.

Hence our

the gods.

first

conclusion

is

that -\o<yLa in this

combination was originally used in the sense of speaking. The second question, what 6eo- in this combination means, the gods in general or the only true God, can likewise be

answered by the above citation from Plato. Plato himself interchanges theology with a speaking of the gods in Concerning the third quesepics, in lyrics, or in tragedy. '

tion,

'

however, whether in this combination

we must grant

subject,

OeofjLTjVLa,

etc., a

god

the

In

6eo86cno<i,

Oeo/cpaTM^ OeoKpicria^ Oeoyafjbta, OeoTrpa^ia, OeoTrpoTria, is

meant who

gives,

who

is

angry,

judges, marries, acts, speaks, and thus 6eo-

On

6eo- is object or

the possibility of both.

other hand, in Beoa-e^eia,

who

rules,

is

the subject.

OeofiifirjcrLa,

0€OK\vr-t]cn<;,

it is a god who is feared, imitated, inSeoXoyca, and honored, hence Oeo- is the object. therefore, can mean etymologically the speaking of God, as well as the speaking about God. Or if you take deoXojLa in the later sense of knowledge, then it indicates a knowledge which God Himself has, as well as a knowledge which we have of God. Finally, in the last-mentioned sense OeoXoya seems to be older than deoXoyetv., and it appears The that deoXoyelv as well as OeoXoyia are derived from it. result therefore is that Theology etymologically is no combination of ^eJ? and Xo'709, but means originally a speaking of or about a god or gods and that only with the further

OeoXarpeia, etc.,

voked,

;

I

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