For instance, if one person approaches theology as the study of God and what He has revealed, that person’s conclusions will be quite different from those of a person who approaches theology as simply the study of man’s stories about God. Prolegomena issues are important because they are often unspoken, but they powerfully govern the conclusions at which we arrive. These issues might include how the theological study will be conducted, how we acquire knowledge and arrive at truth, the theological system or tradition that will govern the study, and the sources that will be considered authoritative.
In the study of systematic theology, prolegomena refers to the study of preliminary matters that are necessary to “set up” the formal theological study. The purpose of a prologue in a book, or the prolegomena in a more formal, scholarly work, is to give information necessary to set the proper context for the work-information necessary for the reader to gain a proper understanding of what is going to be said in the body of the work. From the word prolegomena (literally, “to say before”), we get the more popular word prologue. A prolegomena is simply an introductory essay or critical introduction to a book.
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