Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 256

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THE NAME

§ 56.

[Div. Ill

but more especially the prophets and apostles, are called theoloThus Athanasius says, Oratlo de mearnatione Verbi, L, ravra Be koI Trapa tmv avrov roi) 'S.(OTr]po<; deoXoycov av62, p.

gians.

Spcov TTLarevcrdaL Ti? hvvaraL., ivTvyx^dvcov

rol<;

eKelvcov ypdfi/jiaaiv

;

i.e. one thing and another concerning the Saviour you can also confirm by an appeal to the theologians if you turn to

their writings.

But shortly

after this follows the signifi-

cance of theological investigations of ecclesiastical questions. Thus Gregory of Nazianzus was called "the Theologian," not

him on

to place

a level with John, as

though

to

him

also divine

mysteries had been revealed, but because in the treatment of

dogma he always ascended

to

God, and thus, as Gregory the

dogma

Presbyter writes, reached the height of

(See Suicer,

TOiv).

I., p.

(u-v^09 Soyixd-

1360.)

If thus the word " theologos " itself admitted of a twofold meaning, that of " a speaker in the name of God," and that of "a thinker who in his thinking ascends to God," the word " theologein " was still more pliable. This also signified at first to speak in the name of God; for instance, irepl TovTcov TMV Soj/xdrcov deoXoyel 'Hcraia?, i.e. concerning these Secondly, to things Isaiah speaks as commanded by God. explain any point theologically; for instance, Aojov direv Xva Ti]V

reXetav virap^tv

croi

rov

deoXoyT^aj), i.e.

'Irjcrov

he names

Christ the Logos, in order to explain the absolute relation

—

God, a use of this word which already with Justin Martyr obtained more general currency to indicate an investigation which was instituted of Jesus to the very essence of

Thus, for instance, in his Tr. (ed. von Otto, Jens, 1876, I. 400 B), "Do

with a certain dignity/ of form. Dial.

c.

you inquire in the spirit of theological discussion why one a was added to the name of Abraham, and ask with an air of importance why one r was added to the name '

'

'

of

Sarah ?

" (Ata rt

ixkv ev

d\<^a

'

irpdiTcp TrpoaeTeOt] rco

'A^paafi

omfxari., deoXojel'i, Kal Sta rl ev pco rep ^dppa<i oPO/xaTi^ ofxoico'i KOfjLTToXoyei'i^

OeoXoyecv

it

;

where from the coupling

of KOfx-iroXoyelv

and

clearly appears, that in both cases a dignity, a

and a rhetoric are implied, which did not correBut besides spond to the unimportance of the question. gravity,

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