| Title: | Positive theology |
| Original Title: | Théologie positive |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 16 (1765), p. 251 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Susan Emanuel |
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| Citation (MLA): | "Positive theology." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Susan Emanuel. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.232>. Trans. of "Théologie positive," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 16. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Positive theology." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Susan Emanuel. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.232 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Théologie positive," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 16:251 (Paris, 1765). |
Positive theology consists of the simple knowledge or exposition of dogma and articles of faith, as far as they are contained in Holy Scripture or explained by the Fathers and the Councils, disengaged from any dispute and controversy. See Theology .
In this sense, positive theology is the opposite of scholastic and polemic theology .