Theology is the doctrine or teaching of living to God.

The study of doctrine and the teaching of doctrine will change behavior more than the study of behavior will change behavior.

— Boyd K. Packer

“theology, the doctrine of God, which is always attacked and ridiculed by philosophy, which claims to be wisdom itself. And medicine, which always questions…

— August Strindberg

“The whole concern of doctrine and its teaching must be directed to the love that never ends.”

— The Catholic Church

“Defining systematic theology to include "what the whole Bible TEACHES US today" implies that application to life is a necessary part of the proper…

— Wayne Grudem

Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the…

— John Polkinghorne

Christianity in our country is a lot like what the Ducksters profess. No longer doctrinaire or demanding, the mishmash of pop-religion practiced in churches…

— Ilana Mercer

The gloomy theology of the orthodox--the Calvinists--I do not, I cannot believe. Many of the notions--nay, most of the notions--which orthodox people have of…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

We see in the 20th Century an unfortunate trench warfare, in which psychoanalysis, in a struggle against the internalized compulsion and superstition of a…

— Eugen Drewermann

“No man that ever lived, not John Calvin himself, ever asserted either original sin, or justification by faith, in more strong, more clear and…

— John Wesley

The sooner the doctrine of original sin disappears, the better it is for theology.

— Georgia Harkness

This is the doctrine that we preach; if a man be saved, all the honor is to be given to Christ; but if a…

— Charles Spurgeon

What a way to learn great theology! That's what comes to mind whenever I sing one of those old hymns. "And Can It Be"…

— Joni Eareckson Tada

“For my own part, I tend to find the doctrinal books often more helpful in devotion than the devotional books, and I rather suspect…

— C.S. Lewis

“The faithful have no dread of using the traditional language of the church. Terms like incarnation and resurrection need to be explained, not avoided.”

— Thomas C. Oden

Tell me your doctrine of the Fall and I will tell you the state of your theology.

— R. A. Torrey