The terms first, second, and third article theology are relatively new, and theologians use them equivocally. Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s first article theology focuses on the doctrines of God, revelation, and creation in and of themselves, that is, on theological topics broadly associated with the first article of the Creed. Another way to approach first article theology is to make a theology of the Father the perspective from which to view other systematic loci. Pentecostal theologians might benefit from such a theological inquiry, if for no other reason than as an exercise in the discipline associated with rigorous systematic thinking and as training in the kind of speculative theology that they have traditionally avoided. A methodology marked by a theology of the Father in trinitarian perspective and brought to bear upon other systematic loci might be compatible with a methodology marked by the liturgical theology axiom lex orandi, lex credendi.

第一章神学、第二章神学和第三章神学这三个术语相对较新，神学家们对它们的使用也模棱两可。维利-马蒂·卡尔凯宁的第一篇神学文章重点关注上帝、启示和创造本身的教义，即与信经第一篇文章广泛相关的神学主题。处理第一篇神学的另一种方法是使天父神学成为看待其他系统轨迹的视角。五旬节神学家可能会从这样的神学探究中受益，如果没有其他原因，只是作为与严格的系统思维相关的学科练习，以及作为他们传统上避免的思辨神学的训练。以三位一体观点中的天父神学为标志并应用于其他系统轨迹的方法论可能与以礼拜仪式神学公理lex orandi、lex credendi为标志的方法论是兼容的。