Modern theologians used to think of theology as a science, by which they meant that it was an ordered body of knowledge that required investigation and systematization according to standardized ...

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All good theology must be grounded in the careful exposition of the biblical text. Theologians can and do draw upon other sources for their theology, but the one authoritative source is Scripture.