Other forms: theologians
A theologian is somebody who studies religion and its doctrines. A leading theologian, ask a theologian, medieval theologians.
The work is reasoning within a faith rather than about religion from outside, which is what separates a theologian from a scholar of religious studies. Medieval universities were built around the subject.
1nountheologianSomebody who studies religion and its doctrines.
“The theologian spent years studying what early Christians believed about the afterlife.”
theologian is a scholar.
Old French theologien comes from Greek theos, a god, plus logos, an account.
Old French
theologien
English, today
theologian
From Old French theologien, equivalent to theology + -an.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA