The Doctrine of God
Most people who believe in God do so because that is what they have been taught.
Young Oon Kim
Professor of religion at Ewha University in Seoul, South Korea. Theologian of the Unification Church. Professor of Systematic Theology at the Unification Theological Seminary in Barrytown, New York.
Spiritual Messages
The Doctrine of Man
According to Gen. 1:26, 5: 1 and 9:6, God created man in the divine image.
The Authority of the Bible
During the Reformation, the Protestants criticized the doctrines and practices of the Catholic Church, claiming the superior authority of the scriptures.
Revelation
Revelation originates from a personal relationship, an I-Thou relationship. It therefore involves persons, not ideas.
God and the World
Providence is God's continuing relationship to our world.
The Holy Spirit
According to the creeds of Nicaea and Chalcedon, the Holy Spirit is divine, consubstantial, and equal to the Father and Son.
The Doctrine of the Trinity
Since Christians believe in the Trinity, they say that they have a distinctive doctrine of God.
Hamartiology
The biblical term for sin is hamartia, meaning to miss the mark.
Salvation and Atonement
There is no authoritative dogma about how Christ's work should be understood.
Was the Cross necessary?
According to most Christians, Jesus expected to die when he decided to go to Jerusalem. He told his disciples to expect the bridegroom to be taken away.
Conversion and New Life
Salvation is described in theology as the process of man's repentance, conversion, justification, sanctification, and regeneration.
Ecclesiology
The Doctrine of the Church Paul Minear, in his book Images of the Church in the New Testament, states that the New Testament explains the church in about 100 different metaphors and figures of speech.
Eschatology
The Greek word eschaton means “the end” or “the end-time.” Thus, eschatology deals with doctrines about the last things:
Doctrine and Dogma
Doctrine means simply the formulated teachings of one's church about God, man, sin, immortality, etc.
Salvation History
Theology is tied to the stories and history of God's dealings with the people of Israel, with Jesus of Nazareth and with the Christian Church.