'Theology' is Greek for 'discourse about the gods' — from 'theos' + 'logos.' Myth became system.
The study of the nature of God and religious belief; a system of religious beliefs and theory.
From Old French 'theologie,' from Latin 'theologia,' from Greek 'theologia' (an account of the gods), composed of 'theos' (god) + 'logos' (word, discourse, reason). In classical Greek, 'theologia' originally meant 'discourse about the gods' and was applied to the mythological narratives of poets like Homer and Hesiod. Aristotle used it for the branch of philosophy dealing
In the Gospel of John, the opening line reads 'En arkhē ēn ho Logos' — 'In the beginning was the Word (Logos).' This is the same Greek word that forms the '-logy' suffix. John's use of 'Logos' drew on centuries of Greek philosophical meaning — reason, rational principle, divine order — to describe Christ as the rational principle through which God created the universe. It is one of the most consequential uses of a single word in Western intellectual history
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