Glossary of Theological Terms
Alphabetical order
- active obedience of Christ
- adoption
- adoptionism
- Amyraldianism
- Amyraldism
- analogy of faith
- analogy of scripture
- annihilationism
- anthropomorphism
- anthropopathism
- antinomianism
- Apollinarianism
- Apostles’ Creed
- apologetics
- Arianism
- ascension of Jesus
- aseity
- assurance of salvation
- Athanasian Creed
- Augsburg Confession
- Augustinianism
- authority of scripture
- autographa
- autographs
- baptismal regeneration
- Belgic Confession
- being
- believer’s baptism
- biblical hermeneutics
- born again
- canon of scripture
- Canons of Dordt
- catechism
- Chalcedonian Definition
- Christ alone
- Christus Victor
- circumincession
- clarity of scripture
- classical apologetics
- coinherence
- common grace
- compatibilism
- complementarianism
- concurrence
- consequent absolute necessity
- conversion
- cosmological argument
- covenant
- creation ex nihilo
- credobaptism
- decree(s) of God
- decretive will
- definite atonement
- deity of Christ
- divinity of Christ
- docetism
- double imputation
- dynamic monarchianism
- economic Trinity
- effective call
- effectual call
- egalitarianism
- eisegesis
- election
- entire sanctification
- essence
- essential Trinity
- eternal generation of the Son
- eternal security
- eternality
- eternity
- Eutychianism
- evidential apologetics
- evidentialism
- ex nihilo
- exclusivism
- exegesis
- external call
- faith alone
- fall (of man)
- federal head
- filoque
- five solas
- free agency
- free will theism
- general revelation
- glorification
- glory
- glory to God alone
- goodness (of God)
- gospel, the
- gospel call
- governmental theory of the atonement
- grace
- grace alone
- heaven
- Heidelberg Catechism
- hell
- holiness
- Holy Spirit
- humanity of Christ
- hypostatic union
- hypothetical universalism
- idolatry
- illumination
- image of God
- imago Dei
- immanence
- immanent Trinity
- immersion
- immutability
- impeccability
- imputation
- inability
- incarnation
- inclusivism
- independence
- inerrancy of scripture
- infallibility of scripture
- infinitude
- infinity
- infralapsarianism
- inspiration of scripture
- intercession of Christ
- internal call
- irresistible grace
- justification
- king (as an office of Christ)
- legalism
- libertarian free will
- limited atonement
- London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689
- lordship salvation
- love (as an attribute of God)
- manuscripts
- mediator
- mercy
- modalism
- modalistic monarchianism
- Molinism
- monergism
- monophysitism
- moral argument
- moral influence theory of the atonement
- Nestorianism
- new birth
- Nicene Creed
- noetic effects of sin
- nonlordship salvation
- offices of Christ
- omnipotence
- omnipresence
- omniscience
- ontological argument
- ontological Trinity
- open theism
- open theology
- openness of God theology
- ordo salutis
- order of God’s decrees
- order of salvation
- original sin
- paedobaptism
- panentheism
- particular redemption
- passive obedience of Christ
- Pelagianism
- penal obedience of Christ
- penal substitution
- perfectionism
- perichoresis
- person
- perseverance of the saints
- perspicuity of scripture
- pluralism
- preceptive obedience of Christ
- presuppositional apologetics
- presuppositionalism
- prevenient grace
- priest (as an office of Christ)
- progressive sanctification
- prophet (as an office of Christ)
- propitiation
- providence
- quickening
- ransom
- ransom to Satan theory of the atonement
- recapitulation theory of the atonement
- reconciliation
- redemption
- regeneration
- religious pluralism
- repentance
- resurrection of Jesus
- righteousness (of God)
- sacrifice
- sanctification
- Sandemanianism
- saving faith
- scripture alone
- Second Helvetic Confession
- secret will
- self-existence
- Semi-Pelagianism
- sola fide
- sola gratia
- sola scriptura
- solus Christus
- soli Deo gloria
- soteriology
- sovereign will
- sovereignty (of God)
- special revelation
- spiritual birth
- spiritual body
- substitutionary atonement
- sufficiency of scripture
- supralapsarianism
- synergism
- teleological argument
- textual criticism
- theodicy
- threefold office(s) of Christ
- total depravity
- transcendence
- trancendental argument for the existence of God
- Trinity
- truthfulness
- typology
- unconditional election
- union with Christ
- universalism
- veracity
- vicarious atonement
- virgin birth
- vocation
- Westminster Confession of Faith
- Westminster Larger Catechism
- Westminster Shorter Catechism
- worldview
- wrath
By Subject
Anthropology
- fall (of man)
- federal head
- free agency
- image of God
- imago Dei
- inability
- noetic effects of sin
- original sin
- total depravity
- vocation
Apologetics
- apologetics
- classical apologetics
- cosmological argument
- evidential apologetics
- evidentialism
- moral argument
- ontological argument
- presuppositional apologetics
- presuppositionalism
- teleological argument
- theodicy
- trancendental argument for the existence of God
- worldview
Creeds and Confessions
- Apostles’ Creed
- Athanasian Creed
- Augsburg Confession
- Belgic Confession
- Canons of Dordt
- catechism
- Chalcedonian Definition
- filoque
- Heidelberg Catechism
- London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689
- Nicene Creed
- Second Helvetic Confession
- Westminster Confession of Faith
- Westminster Larger Catechism
- Westminster Shorter Catechism
Defective Theology
- adoptionism
- annihilationism
- antinomianism
- Apollinarianism
- Arianism
- baptismal regeneration
- docetism
- dynamic monarchianism
- egalitarianism
- Eutychianism
- free will theism
- governmental theory of the atonement
- inclusivism
- legalism
- modalism
- modalistic monarchianism
- Molinism
- monophysitism
- moral influence theory of the atonement
- Nestorianism
- nonlordship salvation
- open theism
- open theology
- openness of God theology
- panentheism
- Pelagianism
- perfectionism
- ransom to Satan theory of the atonement
- recapitulation theory of the atonement
- religious pluralism
- Sandemanianism
- Semi-Pelagianism
- universalism
Ecclesiology
- believer’s baptism
- complementarianism
- covenant infant baptism
- credobaptism
- egalitarianism
- paedobaptism
God’s Nature and His Work
- anthropomorphism
- anthropopathism
- aseity
- common grace
- concurrence
- creation ex nihilo
- decree(s) of God
- decretive will
- eternality
- eternity
- general revelation
- glory
- goodness
- gospel, the
- grace
- hell
- holiness
- idolatry
- immanence
- immutability
- independence
- infinitude
- infinity
- love (as an attribute of God)
- mercy
- omnipotence
- omnipresence
- omniscience
- order of God’s decrees
- providence
- righteousness (as an attribute of God)
- secret will
- self-existence
- sovereign will
- sovereignty of God
- special revelation
- theodicy
- transcendence
- Trinity
- truthfulness
- veracity
- wrath
Person and Work of Christ
- active obedience of Christ
- adoptionism
- Apollinarianism
- Arianism
- ascension of Jesus
- Christ alone
- Christus Victor
- consequent absolute necessity
- definite atonement
- deity of Christ
- divinity of Christ
- docetism
- double imputation
- dynamic monarchianism
- eternal generation of the Son
- Eutychianism
- federal head
- gospel, the
- humanity of Christ
- hypostatic union
- impeccability
- incarnation
- intercession of Christ
- justification
- king (as an office of Christ)
- limited atonement
- monophysitism
- Nestorianism
- offices of Christ
- particular redemption
- passive obedience of Christ
- penal obedience of Christ
- penal substitution
- preceptive obedience of Christ
- priest (as an office of Christ)
- prophet (as an office of Christ)
- propitiation
- ransom
- reconciliation
- redemption
- resurrecton of Jesus
- sacrifice
- solus Christus
- substitutionary atonement
- threefold office(s) of Christ
- vicarious atonement
- virgin birth
Reformed Theology
- active obedience of Christ
- Amyraldianism
- Amyraldism
- assurance of salvation
- Augustinianism
- authority of scripture
- Christ alone
- clarity of scripture
- compatibilism
- covenant
- definite atonement
- double imputation
- effectual call
- election
- external call
- faith alone
- federal head
- five solas
- glory to God alone
- gospel call
- grace alone
- inability
- infralapsarianism
- irresistible grace
- limited atonement
- monergism
- order of God’s decrees
- particular redemption
- penal substitution
- perseverance of the saints
- perspicuity of scripture
- preceptive obedience of Christ
- scripture alone
- sola fide
- sola gratia
- sola scriptura
- solus Christus
- soli Deo gloria
- sufficiency of scripture
- supralapsarianism
- total depravity
- unconditional election
Salvation
- active obedience of Christ
- adoption
- assurance of salvation
- Augustinianism
- born again
- Christ alone
- conversion
- definite atonement
- double imputation
- effective call
- effectual call
- election
- exclusivism
- external call
- faith alone
- federal head
- glorification
- gospel, the
- gospel call
- grace
- grace alone
- heaven
- hell
- imputation
- inclusivism
- intercession of Christ
- internal call
- irresistible grace
- justification
- limited atonement
- lordship salvation
- monergism
- new birth
- offices of Christ
- ordo salutis
- order of salvation
- particular redemption
- passive obedience of Christ
- Pelagianism
- penal obedience of Christ
- penal substitution
- perseverance of the saints
- preceptive obedience of Christ
- prevenient grace
- progressive sanctification
- propitiation
- quickening
- ransom
- reconciliation
- redemption
- regeneration
- repentance
- resurrection of Jesus
- sanctification
- saving faith
- Semi-Pelagianism
- sola fide
- sola gratia
- solus Christus
- soteriology
- spiritual birth
- spiritual body
- substitutionary atonement
- synergism
- threefold office(s) of Christ
- unconditional election
- union with Christ
- vicarious atonement
Scripture
- analogy of faith
- analogy of scripture
- anthropomorphism
- anthropopathism
- authority of scripture
- autographa
- autographs
- biblical hermeneutics
- canon of scripture
- clarity of scripture
- eisegesis
- exegesis
- illumination
- inerrancy of scripture
- infallibility of scripture
- inspiration of scripture
- manuscripts
- perspicuity of scripture
- scripture alone
- sola scriptura
- special revelation
- sufficiency of scripture
- textual criticism
- typology
Trinity
- adoptionism
- Arianism
- being
- circumincession
- coinherence
- deity of Christ
- divinity of Christ
- dynamic monarchianism
- economic Trinity
- essence
- essential Trinity
- eternal generation of the Son
- immanent Trinity
- modalism
- modalistic monarchianism
- ontological Trinity
- perichoresis
- person
- Trinity
Work of the Holy Spirit