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1. Concept Protestant theology, unlike Roman Catholic theology, has not developed any clear-cut concept of dogma and hence has not achieved any precise definition of dogmatics. Instead, many different accents exist. At the same time, some basic lines of understanding have emerged from the various practices of dogmatics. According to the assumptions and conditions of modern critical consciousness, dogmatics is the theological discipline that, on the basis of the biblical witness and against the bac…

1. General The term “encyclopedia” denotes the total body of knowledge either of science as a whole or of a particular science, and it proclaims the unity of a science in its various disciplines. 1.1. Term The original Greek term was enkyklios paideia (circular, or general, education). For the Greek Sophists (Greek Philosophy), this phrase denoted the compass and measure of knowledge that all free Greeks had to attain before receiving specialized training or entering into practical life. 1.2. History of the Term Out of the idea of a canon of knowledge there developed various s…