Brief Outline of the Study of Theology, Drawn up to Serve as the Basis of Introductory Lectures (Biblia.com)

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Written at the beginning of Schleiermacher’s professorship at the University of Berlin, Brief Outline of the Study of Theology seeks to lay out a structure for the study of theology, particularly in a university context. In it, Schleiermacher lays out what he sees as the nature of theology, the nature of the theological task, and the nature of the theologian. He then states the nature of...

is capable of being understood only when it is viewed as a product of the Past; and this apprehension [of the Past and the Present as antecedent and consequent, and of the latter as explained by the former], in its entire extent, constitutes Historical Theology, in the wider sense of the term. The Present cannot be rightly dealt with as the germ of a Future which is to correspond more nearly to the [true] Notion [of the thing referred to,—i. e. Christianity organized in the form of a Christian Community],

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