Dogmatic theology

…It corresponds to theological ethics in Protestant theology. Medieval scholastic theology was considered a unified academic discipline with both speculative and practical aspects, but from the mid-16th century, a distinction began to be made between speculative scholastic theology and practical positivist-categorical theology. Eventually, the former came to be called dogmatic theology and the latter ethical theology, and there was a growing tendency to discuss them separately. It cannot be denied that Catholic ethical theology, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries, placed too much emphasis on causation and fell into legalism. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "doctrinal theology" are listed below.

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…プロテスタント神学でいう神学的倫理学theological ethicsにあたる。中世のスコラ神学は思弁的と実践的との両側面をそなえた統一的学問としてとらえられていたが，16世紀中ごろから思弁的な〈スコラ神学〉と実践的な〈実証的･決疑法的神学〉とが区別されはじめ，やがて前者が教義神学，後者は倫理神学と呼ばれて，別個に論じられる傾向が強まった。とくに17,18世紀のカトリック倫理神学が決疑法に重点を置きすぎ，律法主義に陥ったことは否定できない。…

※「教義神学」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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