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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 772 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THEOLOGY , literally the See also:

science which deals with See also:God or the gods. The word is See also:Greek (0e6s, God; Xiyos, theory). But See also:doctrine counted for less in Greek or See also:Roman See also:religion than in See also:Christianity, and forms of See also:worship for more. In the See also:oldest usage BeoX6yoi were those who dealt in myths, like See also:Hesiod and like the supposed See also:Orpheus, the BeoX&yos See also:par excellence. See also:Paul Natorp 1 contends that BeoXoyla in See also:Plato 's See also:Republic refers wholly to the See also:control of myths. He further denies that See also:Aristotle identified his First See also:Philosophy with a " theology," holding the See also:text of the See also:Metaphysics to be out of See also:order and 1 Philosophische Monatshefte (1888), Heft 1 and 2.

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