theology"; and though the same or related phrases had been used repeatedly by writers of less influence since Reinhard and Andreas Essenius, F. Buddeus (Institutiones theol. dogmat., 1723; Compendium, 1728) is held to have given the expression its supremacy. Noel Alexandre, the Gallican theologian, possibly introduced it in the Roman Catholic Church (1693; Theologia dogmatica et moralis). Both Roman Catholic and Protestant authorities agree that the expression was connected with the new habit of distinguishing dogmatics from Christian ethics or moral theology, though Albert Schweizer denies this of Reinhard. In another direction dogmas and dogmatic theology were also contrasted with truths of reason and natural theology. See also Systematic Theology Christian apologetics Christian theology History of Catholic dogmatic theology Constructive theology Dogmatix Feminist theology Liberal Christianity Liberation theology Process theology Queer theology References Dogmatic Theology – Catholic Encyclopedia External links Dogmatic Theology – Catholic Encyclopedia History of Dogmatic Theology – Catholic Encyclopedia Christian Theology Reading Room, Tyndale Seminary Lessons on Eastern Christian Dogmatics, by Rev. John Zizioulas current Metropolitan of Pergamus and Chairman of the Athens Academy Further reading Moody Handbook of Theology by Paul P. Enns () Dogmatic Theology by William Greenough Thayer Shedd () Christian Theology (2nd Ed) by Millard J. Erickson () Systematic theology Christian theological movements Dogma