Tag: Athens and Jerusalem
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Four Books for Philosophy and Theology
During the second century, the theologian Tertullian famously asked, “What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem? What concord is there between the Academy and the Church?” In these questions from Tertullian, a display of Christian theological resistance to Greek philosophical influence is evident. In The Book of Concord (here), we find the Apostles’ Creed…
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Athens and Jerusalem
Toward the end of the second century, the theologian Tertullian asked, “What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem? What concord is there between the Academy and the Church?” In these questions from Tertullian, a display of Christian theological resistance to Greek philosophical influence is evident. But already in the first century, the Apostle Paul…