different between theology vs catechesis

English

Etymology

From Middle English theologie, from Middle French theologie, from Old French theologie, from Latin theologia, from Koine Greek ???????? (theología), from ???????? (theológos, adjective), from ???? (theós) + ????? (lógos). Surface analysis is theo- +? -logy.

Pronunciation

• enPR: th?-?l'?-j?, IPA^(key): /?i.??.l?.d?i/
• Rhymes: -?l?d?i

Noun

theology (usually uncountable, plural theologies)

1. (uncountable) The study of God, a god, or gods; and of the truthfulness of religion in general.
2. (countable) An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form.
3. (uncountable, computing, slang) Subjective marginal details.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:theology.

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References

• theology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• theology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “theology, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2015-03-19
• Walter W. Skeat, editor (1910) , “Theology”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, new edition, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, OCLC 582746570, page 640.
• "theology" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

Anagrams

• ethology

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (kat?khé?, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”), from ???? (katá, “down”) + ??? (?kh?, “sound”).

Noun

catechesis (plural catecheses)

1. Religious instruction given orally to catechumens.

Related terms

• catechism
• catechetics
• catechist
• catechumen

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• catechises

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (kat?kh?sis), from Ancient Greek ??????? (kat?khé?, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”), from ???? (katá, “down”) + ??? (?kh?, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.te??k?e?.sis/, [kät?e??k?e?s??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.te?ke.sis/, [k?t???k??s?is]

Noun

cat?ch?sis f (genitive cat?ch?sis or cat?ch?se?s or cat?ch?sios); third declension

1. catechesis

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Declension

• Catalan: catequesi
• Galician: catequese
• Italian: catechesi
• Portuguese: catequese
• Spanish: catequesis

References

• catechesis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• catechesis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• catechesis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette