Theism

the'izm, n. Belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opp. to atheism. [Gr. theos, a god; Gr. the asthai, to pray, perh. tithemi, I place, set; prob. not L. deus, a god.] — The'ist, n. One who believes in the existence of a God; esp., one who believes in a personal God. — TheiBf -ical, a. Of, or pert, to, theism, or to a theisfe according to the doctrine of theists. — The'archy, -ar-kl, n. Government by God theocracy. [Gr. theos and archein, to be rule.] — Theoc'racy, -ra-sT, n. Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; the state thus governed. [Gr. the ok rat i a; kratein, to be strong, rule, kratus, strong = E. hard.] — Theocratic, -ical, a. Of, or pert, to, a theocracy; administered bv the immediate direction of God. — Theog'ony, -og'o-rii, n. The generation of the gods that branch of heathen theology which taught the genealogy of their deities. [L. and Gr. theogonia Gr. gone, gonos, race, birth, gene in, to beget.] — Theol'ogy, -o-jT, n. Science of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the plan of salvation, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity. [ME. and F. theologie, L. and Gr. theolog i a; Gr. logos, discourse.] — Natural theology. The knowledge of God from his works, by the light of nature and reason. — Theolo'gian, -jT-an, n. One well versed in theology; a pro le or of divinity; a divine. — Theologie, -ical, -loj'ik-al, a. Of, or pert, to, divinity, or the science of God and of divine things.—Theologically, adv. According to the principles of theology. — Theol'ogist, n. One versed in theology. — TheoVogize, v. [-gized (jizd), -gizixg.] To render theological. — v. To frame a system of theology to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects. — The'ologue, -log, n. Same as Thlologist. — Theom'achy, -a-kT, n. A fighting against the gods: opposition to the divine will. [Gr. maches thai, to fight, mache, a battle.]—Theop'athy, -a-thT, n. Capacity for religious affections or wor- — ship. [Gr. pathos, feeling, pathein, to suffer.] Theoph'any, -of 'a-nT, n. A man i i est at i on of God to man by actual appearance. [Gr. theojihaineia nhavnesthai; to appear.] — Theos'ophy, -os'o-fl, n. Supposed intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent attainment oi superhuman knowledge by physical proce es; also, a direct, asdisting. fr. a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination. [Gr. theosoph i a; sophia, wisdom, sophos, wise.]—Theosophlc, -ical, a. Of, or pert, to, theosophy. — Theos'ophism, -o-fizm,n. Belief in theosophy: "pretension to direct divine illuminaHon.—Theos'o'phist, w. One addicted to theosophy.—The'urgy, -er-j n Among the Egyptian Platonists, an imaginary science supposed to have been revealed to men by the gods themselves in very ancient times; also, the ability, by means of certain acts, words, and symbols, to move the gods to impart to us secrets which surpa the powers of reason, and to render themselves visible that speor ink, then, boNboN, chair, get.