Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 356

;

332

§ 65.

RELATION OF THEOLOGY TO

ITS

OBJECT

[Div. Ill

content must be governed by one and the same leading thought, which leading thouglit is the knowledge of God.

Tins provides at the same time a standard, as shall be shown later on, by which to bring perspective into the Scripture

we

provided

avoid the errors of distinguishing between

Word

God, and of concentrating the upon the religious-ethical. The knowledge of God alone teaches you to distinguish between eminent, common, and less important interests in the ScrijDtOnly that vrhich you have made your own theologiure. while that which cally^ you possess as part of revelation to your sense is not connected with the knowledge of the Scripture and the

of

significance of the Scripture

;

Eternal Being,

Even

lies still

outside of

it.

however, does not entirely determine the relaAll this concerns exclusively tion of theology to its object. the content of Revelation, and does not yet reckon with the Thus far a dogmaticrevealed knowledge of God as such. ethical study might develop itself, but this would not provide room for a theology in the broader unfolding of all its departthis,

Only with the organic construction of unity can it be shown more accurately of every department, in what relation it stands to the knowledge of God, and what place, therefore, belongs to ments

of

study.

theology as a

scientific

such a department in the theologic unit. To this, then, we refer but it is necessary here to indicate, in broad outline, from whence theology derives these many departments of ;

study.

It will

not

suffice to say, that

they have appeared

be enough to emphasize the significance of these departments as preparation for the preaching of de facto., neither will

the

Word.

it

To-be capable of being

scientifically interpreted,

the unit of a science must spring from the root of or, at least, its object is:

must be

the revealed knotoledge of

lata.

From

its

motive.

its object,

This object here

God, or the theologia ectypa revewe are not simply to deal

this it follows, that

with the content of this revelation, but also that this revela-

must and that the relation must be traced between revelation and our

tion as such

must be investigated

;

that the activity

be traced, which has gone out from this revelation

;

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