Theology the Basics

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Theology the Basics

Theologies have a different perception of the nature of the Christian God and depend on many nations and regions, and they have various special names, distinctive functions, and spheres of influence under the same. The Christians believed in the same God as Moses, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Christian understanding of human nature mainly demands the complete recognition of total dependence upon God. God as a father is linked to God’s image, and it is embedded in the faith of Christians (McGrath, 2018).

German Lutheran theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg has discussed the point concerning God in Systematic Theology (1990) and said that the aspect of fatherly care is specifically the indication by the Old Testament and its realization of God’s care of father for Israel. He has argued about sexual differentiation while understanding God (McGrath, 2018). God’s care for the Israelites can be mainly articulated in dependency on the love of a mother and specifically shows little sense of sexual difference when considerate of God as Father (McGrath, 2018). Therefore, many theologies have brought up the detail that God is not to be Male; the idea of God has been recognized as “mother” and “friends” because “God the Father” does not completely indicate God is a male.

Athenagoras, in his theology, argues based on Bible, and he is extremely confident that God’s providence guides the righteous through all the challenges they face and governs the lives of men. God as the father, provides control of the world and works like a potter working upon clay by giving it fashion and differentiation, order, and shape, and he indicates that man and God create activities (Rankin, 2016). Athenagoras believe that the body resurrection mainly illustrates God’s completeness in the reliance on his power.

Aquinas has aimed at providing the basic understanding of who God is, how God is, and the operations of God of will and knowing. Aquinas’s approach differs from those of other theologians in the assumption of the existence of God and nature, which is mainly deduced from God’s idea (Harkins, 2020). Aquinas argues that God has to process knowledge because of his immaterial nature of the highest degree, and the five ways used by Aquinas indicate that God exists. These five ways mainly include motion proof, efficient causality proof, necessity, contingency proof, governing things proof, and gradation of being.

Goodness is completely inseparable from the connection with the nature of God. There is only one God, and Christians know about this, for God is unlike any individual he created and is not composed of parts. The basic idea is related to the personal commitment of God to the people of God and the people of God. God brought us life, and thus, God is our originator, and this is indicated throughout the Old and New Testaments, where we have been more dependent on God since the beginning.

Conclusively, theologies have completely changed their thoughts and feelings toward their understanding of God and existence. I think God exists from the perception of theologies. God is recognized as the father, and the Christians worship him and know that he is the same God during the time of Israel. He is the same God for Isaac, Abraham, Moses, and Jacob and continues to be the same God. God provides for all and guides the righteous when faced with difficulties in life.

References

Harkins, F. T. (2020). Thomas Aquinas: The Basics. Routledge.

McGrath, A. E. (Ed.). (2018). Theology: The basic readings. John Wiley & Sons.

Rankin, D. (2016). Athenagoras: philosopher and theologian. Routledge.