Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 257

§ 56.

Chai-. I]

these

THE NAME

two meanings, which ran

233

parallel with these of "theo-

logos," the great Fathers of the Christological conflict also used, in the footsteps of Justin, the word " theologein " in

the sense of proclaiming one to be God, of announcing one as

God.

Justin Martyr wrote in his Dial.

Otto, Jente, 1876,

Psalm the Holy

I., p.

c.

Tryph. (ed. von

104 C), with the Messianic prophecy

6 sq. in mind, "

you say that and Lord (KvpLoXoyelv^ except the Father of all the Universe and which manner of speech, both by the sense his Christ," and by the addition of KvpioXo'yelv, leaves no doubt but that OeoXoyeiv is taken in the sense of calling one God. Thus also we read in Athanasius (Tom. I., p. 1030) 'Ev airaa-iv oh Bo^d^erat 6 Trarrjp OeoXoyovfjbevo';, iv avrol'i So^cO^erai Kol 6 vi6<i fcal TO TTvev/jia to dyiov, i.e. " In all points in which the Father is glorified b}^ being spoken of as God, the same also takes place Avitli the Son and with the Holy Ghost." For the sake of still greater clearness, the word Oeov is even in

xlv.

If,

therefore,

any other God

Spirit calls

(deoXo'^elv)

—

:

added, deoXoyelv Tiva

XIV.,

Hist. Eecl.

p.

6e6v^ as for instance, in

Philostorgius,

103, to ^i/3\lov OeoXoyel Oeov top

.

.

.

This book, the Gospel of John, calls things God. Thus also Csesarius, Quest.

8r)/xiovpyov diravToav., i.e.

the author of 22, p.

all

44, says of the Christ, "also Avhen he is incarnate,

nevertheless virb tcov

7rpocf)'i]TO)u

God by

;

the prophets

finally there

OeoXoyetTai,

i.e.

is

he called

the Latin praedicare Beum."'

was developed from

nificance of deifying something or

instance, ov irdvTa kutu

(f>v(nv

making

And

more general

this the

it to

yiveTai, iva

he

firj

God.

sig-

For

OeoXo^rjOri

rj

(Chrysostom, V., p. 891), i.e. "It is by Divine appointment that all things do not happen in accordance with nature, lest nature be taken for God." In this way only can we understand the history of the (f)vcn<;

word "theology" one

who

in Patristic literature.

name

If a theologian

God, and theologein the act itself of speaking in the name of God, then we understand how "Theology" could mean the Old and the Netu

is

speaks in the

Testament : Tr)? 7raXaia<; ^vficjicovLuv

6p(ov,

of

0€oXo<yta<i Kal

Oavi.Lda€Tai

Trj<;

Trjv dXrjdeiap,

V6a<; i.e.

deoXoyia'i

tj-jv

"Seeing the

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