Early Christian Thought and the Classical Tradition; Studies in Justin, Clement, and Origen

Download or read book Early Christian Thought and the Classical Tradition; Studies in Justin, Clement, and Origen written by Henry Chadwick and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1966 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 traditionwas combined with a profound acceptance of its humanism.