in which all His perfections are transcendently displayed, should have no plan or system, is altogether absurd.4 Systematic theology answers the question, what does the completed canon of Scripture teach about any one theme or topic? For example, what does the Bible teach from Genesis to Revelation about the deity of Jesus Christ? A basic definition of systematic theology, then, would be “the ordered exposition of Christian doctrines.”5 A systematic theology must display (1) hermeneutical integrity,
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