Theology is the queen of the sciences, and that includes the social sciences and cultural interpretation.
Some like to say that
theology is the queen of the sciences.
Theology was the queen of the sciences.
It was once primarily a matter of liberal arts, a tradition developed in the Medieval period when universities were closely tied to the church and
theology was the queen of the sciences.
Science is valuable but can deal with only limited areas of knowledge; the most important truths come from revelation, and
theology is queen of the sciences.
Theology was the queen of the sciences, and these latter gradually began to emerge as individual disciplines.
Not exact matches
Theology may
be, as the medieval church called it, the
queen of the sciences,» but this
queen is not a tyrant.
This, I presume,
is what William Schmidt had in mind when he called for a
theology which would relate faith to the «modern world of culture,» and one which would theologize «consciously and with a measure of clarity» («Theology: Servant or Queen
theology which would relate faith to the «modern world of culture,» and one which would theologize «consciously and with a measure of clarity» («
Theology: Servant or Queen
Theology: Servant or
Queen?»
you knew that,... the
queen of sciences
theology is more an art,... in music a dependency on harmonic mathmatics starting with
being in tune
is essential but it remains an art not a science,... so i agree with Tim.
Thus philosophy
was recognized, not as one academic discipline among others, distinguished by its subject matter, but as replacing
theology as the
queen of the sciences.
Even simple ordinary folk today put reason before faith, unlike before the «enlightenment» when
theology was accepted as the «
queen of sciences» and science its handmaid.
From the rise of the institution of the university in the Middle Ages onward, because of its base in divine revelation
theology had
been the highest and dominant faculty, superior to the faculties of arts and sciences and to the faculties of law and medicine, for
theology was the «
queen of the sciences» whom all other inquiries ultimately served.
Most of the students
were in holy orders and
theology was regarded as the «
queen of the sciences».
Today, far from
being seen as the
queen of sciences,
theology has effectively
been excluded from any synthetic understanding of the world.
Although
theology was no longer
queen of the sciences, it held its head high in the German universities and had the respect of the culture, as well as the church.
Its task
was not to provide an overarching context, since it no longer located
theology as the
queen of the sciences.
The classical view (both Protestant and Catholic) held that
theology was «the queen of the sciences,» that all knowledge was directed toward knowing God Theology dealt with ultimate questions and all
theology was «the
queen of the sciences,» that all knowledge
was directed toward knowing God
Theology dealt with ultimate questions and all
Theology dealt with ultimate questions and all of life.