Christianity and Classical Culture Pelikan Jaroslav
Subtitled The metamorphosis of Natural Theology in the Christian Encounter with Hellenism' this book examines the theological thought of the Cappadocians'; Gregory of Nazianus, Basil of Cesarea,…
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Subtitled The metamorphosis of Natural Theology in the Christian Encounter with Hellenism' this book examines the theological thought of the Cappadocians'; Gregory of Nazianus, Basil of Cesarea, Gregory of Nyssa and the shadowy Macrina, sister of the last two. Pelikan argues that the accident' of the New Testament being first written in Greek determined much of the philosophical complexion it has since acquired, and that the fourth century historical figures discussed played a major part in uniting Classical and Christian traditions. The book is based on the 1992 and 1993 Gifford lectures delivered at the University of