theologist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of theologist
First recorded in 1635–45; theology ( def. ) + -ist ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Francis has never been seen as a liberation theologist, but he is clearly more open to its ideas than were John Paul or Benedict.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2016
His first brush with the Holy Office resulted in nothing more than an eloquent, friendly warning from the great theologist, Cardinal Bellarmin.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The theologist places around him the heads of a ram, a bull, a lion, and a dragon, and assigns him first both the male and female sex."
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas
And could a philosopher--a theologist, so grossly deride the Divine Teacher's word--'Do good to those who hate you; bless those who curse you; pray for those who despitefully use you?'
From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William
But nous itself is the equivalent of that universal energy of motion which science recognizes as operating between the particles of matter, and which the theologist personifies as Deity.
From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington
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