If a reader were to pick up a medieval European text, he might find the author contending that theology is “the queen of the sciences.” Science, in this rendering, has to do with any study of a body of knowledge. It did not simply mean the study of the physical or natural world. In this old Christian view, theology is the most important and noble of studies because God is more important than anything. All things were made by Him and for His glory, and, in the course of history, He has redeemed all things through Christ. While other disciplines are worthy of pursuit and while there are different vocations for God’s people, theology at its best seeks to behold the face of God—even as in a mirror, darkly—which far outstrips all other human pursuits. Indeed, all people have their own theological opinions, and theological implications are hard to avoid. All knowledge points to its origin and end.
