Early Christian Thought And The Classical Tradition and The Early Church

Early Christian Thought And The Classical Tradition

Name: Early Christian Thought And The Classical Tradition
Price: 42.61 GBP
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Author: Henry Chadwick
ISBN: 9780198266730

Studies in Justin, Clement and Origen

by Henry Chadwick

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182 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press
12.7 x 20.4 x 1.1 cm

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The historian of western culture cannot travel far without discovering that the roots of many twentieth-century questions lie in the ancient dialogue between the early Christians and culture of the old classical world. This book takes three Christian thinkers: Justin, clement of Alexandria, and Origen, and shows what the debate looked like from the Christian side. It draws on the pagan critics of the church to illustrate the case the Christians had to answer. The examination of the Christian synthesis illustrates the extent to which penetrating criticism of the classical tradition was combined with a profound acceptance of its humanism.