Theology, in its modern acceptation, is that science which treats of the existence, the character, and the attributes of God; his laws and government; the doctrines which we are to believe, the moral change which we must experience, and the duties which we are required to perform. In this sense theology and divinity are synonymous, both embracing the whole system of revealed religion, and both signifying learned or scientific instruction respecting God. Hence, a theologian, or divine, is one who