What Christians believe and teach should find its basis in the Christian scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. However, the author contends that, instead, Greek philosophy has influenced church doctrine from early on in the church age
Tag: Greek Philosophy
From Here to Eternity
Today, in scholarly circles, discussions about the meaning of eternity center around Medieval philosophical and theological reflection on the Latin word aeternitas, the word from which our “eternity” comes. More than just its predecessor, however, aeternitas was the catalyst for the idea in scripture. It was the Latin Vulgate, published in AD 400, that first juxtaposed the Greek sense of eternity upon scriptural teaching regarding the afterlife.
“Forever” Inconsistencies
The concept of eternity is difficult to grasp. For instance, is it time without an end or the complete absence of time? Either way, it is an abstract idea that we have been wrestling with since Plato first introduced the concept. Yes, Plato the Greek philosopher, introduced the idea of “forever”.
Plato’s Soul in the Church
How Greek Thought Came to Permeate Church Teaching By Vin Sparks So, who is this Plato guy and what does he have to do with the church? Plato (428 – 347BC) was a Greek philosopher […]
The Soul of America
An Examination of Western Culture’s Soul By Vin Sparks Science can’t help us here. There is no scientific evidence for the existence of the soul. There is no observation to be made, no experiment to […]
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