# “Theology as wisdom” – Synopsis of a Purer Theology

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- Published: 2026-03-26T07:00:00-05:00
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“We classify the genus of Theology also as wisdom, for the following reasons:

1. Because Solomon calls it by this name in **Prov. 1** (and following); so too 
the apostle Paul in **1 Cor 1:21, and 12:8**.

2. Because it presents to people, by way of teaching, its own most accurate and 
superior principles, which are loftier by far than the principles of the other sciences,
namely, the most holy and majestic mysteries of God himself that cannot be fathomed
by the human mind.

3. Because what it contemplates deals especially with subjects that are eternal,
infinite, inexpressible, immovable, spiritual, heavenly, and not liable to any change
or decay. Augustine writes extensively about this matter in _On the Trinity_, book
12, chapter 14.

4. Because it is, so to speak, like an architectonic standard that guides all the
disciplines and as the final judge of all actions and thoughts outshines all other
sciences and prescribes for them the standard for living well and happily, and for
directing all things back to the glory of God.”

—_**[Synopsis of a Purer Theology, Volume 1: Disputations 1-31](https://amzn.to/4bxfKFJ)**_,
Eds. William Den Boer and Riemer A. Faber (Landrum, SC: Davanant Press, 2023), 1:
4.

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