Fundamental theology, inJohn Hardon'sModern Catholic Dictionary, is a "branch of theology which establishes the fact that God has made a supernatural revelation and established the Church, founded by Christ, as its divinely authorized custodian and interpreter.".^[1]

Encyclopedia.com, using an excerpt fromNew Catholic Encyclopedia, states that "fundamental theology", a "very literal translation" oftheologia fundamentalis, is "commonly understood within RomanCatholic theology [...] [to] refer to the introductory tract that treats the nature, possibility, and existence of revelation", and is "often used today indiscriminately" with the termfoundational theology.^[2]

Unlikeapologetics, fundamental theology does not directly work towards evangelization, but rather towards the analysis of where and by what means God brings human beings to assent to his Word.^[3]

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