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| Theological Terms from the Esoteric Dictionary of Quasi-Spiritual Mistaken Knowledge | ||||
Issue #188, July/August 2003
Exebegesis – Textual interpretation that results in scaring the pants off you. Septuasquint – Vision deficit resulting from intense study of small-print version of the Septuagint. Septuagimp – Manuscript of O.T. in very lame Greek. Codex Sinusitis – Historically important New Testament manuscript that makes you sneeze. Hypocrypha – extra-canonical documents that pretend to be part of the apocrypha but aren’t. Apocalips – The intensely pursed expression of readers of Left Behind books. Tell-e-all-ogy – The theological justification for sleazy unauthorized biographies. Penetetouche´ – A crushing rejoinder to arguments that Moses did not write the Penteteuch. More-pheology Theology – The study of the slippery changes of the prosperity doctrine. Trylemma – The crisis of conscience experienced by agnostics who try to respond to C.S. Lewis’ “Lord, liar or lunatic” argument. Eh-scatology – Ho-hum exposition of the end times. Decalogue – A dialogue between ten people. Often unsuccessfully attempted in Episcopal and Presbyterian communities. (Not related to the Ten Commandments, unless to debunk them.) Christodgily – Dry, academic discussion of the various manifestations of Christ. Form Criticism – What liberal theologians engage in when they go on Spring Break. Intarnation – Ontological epithet often inserted into the sentence “What…are you doing?” Propitchiation – A testimony of faith given by professional baseball players. Par-wooz-sia – State of mental fuzziness induced by overlong fasting while reading the book of Revelation. Par-ooz-sia – A divine appearance bringing about the end of the world in a slow, icky way. Par-oops-sia – Heresy propounded by some writers who forgot where to look for the book of the Revelation. KerygMama – A dynamic woman preacher (see also: Franklin, Aretha). Kantikle of Kanticles – Seldom-sung love song based on Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. Synaptic Gospels – Fast paced cyber-version of the Gospels edited by Keanu Reeves and the cast of The Matrix. Features amazing special effects, including the Apostle Paul evangelizing faster than humanly possible.
Pteredactor – A theological dinosaur known for biting large holes in the text.
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