theologian

CEFRB2

/ˌθi.əˈloʊd͡ʒən/

noun

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St. Augustine is a Christian philosopher and theologian of Berber origin.
Seminarians are usually divided into philosophers and theologians, depending on their stage of formation.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Someone who studies theology.
A specialist in academic theology.
A person who has a personal knowledge of God through prayer, asceticism, and mystical experience.

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Of all the theologians of his age, Hooker was the most unpuritan; […]
1861, John Tulloch, English Puritanism and its leaders, page 29
During a burping contest to celebrate wonderfully cold soft drinks after a long hike one hot afternoon, one little girl said, "My dad can outburp any of you!" Her father is a distinguished theologian and church leader whom I will not name here.
1999, Diana S. Richmond Garland, Family ministry: a comprehensive guide, page 45
Cone, who once called himself “the angriest theologian in America,” is still angry. […] Niebuhr’s decision not to speak out against lynching encouraged other white theologians and ministers to follow suit, Cone said, because Niebuhr was considered the nation’s greatest theologian.
2018 April 30, John Blake, “Remembering the theologian who took on the hypocrisy of the white church”, in CNN

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From Old French theologien, equivalent to theology + -an.