Editing Theology (section)

====Christianity====
{{Main|Christian theology|Neoplatonism}}
{{Further|Diversity in early Christian theology|Great Apostasy|Nontrinitarianism|Son of God (Christianity)|Trinity}}
[[File:Carlo Crivelli 007.jpg|thumb|[[Thomas Aquinas]], an influential [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] theologian|upright]]
As defined by [[Thomas Aquinas]], theology is constituted by a triple aspect: what is taught by God, teaches of God, and leads to God ({{langx|la|Theologia a Deo docetur, Deum docet, et ad Deum ducit}}).<ref>{{cite book |last=Kapic |first=Kelly M. Kapic |title=A Little Book for New Theologians. Why and How to Study Theology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hg6X6d0n7NUC |year=2012 |publisher=[[InterVarsity Press]] |location=[[Downers Grove, Illinois]] |isbn=978-0830866700 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=hg6X6d0n7NUC&dq=%22Theologia+a+Deo+docetur,+Deum+docet,+et+ad+Deum+ducit%22%22seem+to+be+a+gathered+summary+of+what+Thomas+says+in+Summa+Theologica%22&pg=PA36 36]}}</ref> This indicates the three distinct areas of God as [[theophany|theophanic]] [[revelation]], the systematic study of the nature of [[Divinity|divine]] and, more generally, of [[religious belief]], and the [[spiritual path]]. Christian theology as the study of Christian belief and practice concentrates primarily upon the texts of the [[Old Testament]] and the [[New Testament]] as well as on Christian tradition. Christian theologians use biblical exegesis, rational analysis and argument. Theology might be undertaken to help the theologian better understand Christian tenets, to make comparisons between Christianity and other traditions, to defend Christianity against objections and criticism, to facilitate reforms in the Christian church, to assist in the propagation of Christianity, to draw on the resources of the Christian tradition to address some present situation or need, or for a variety of other reasons.