La diffusione del Cristianesimo: dall'ellenismo all'età medievale, Slide di Filosofia

Scarica La diffusione del Cristianesimo: dall'ellenismo all'età medievale e più Slide in PDF di Filosofia solo su Docsity! FROM HELLENISM TO THE MIDDLE AGES THE WIDESPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY FROM HELLENISM TO THE MIDDLE AGES • A FEW AFTER THE DEATH OF JESUS, THE PHARISEE PAUL CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY THROUGH HIS MISSIONARY JOURNEYS . • ACROSS THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD HE MADE CHRISTIANITY A WORLDWIDE RELIGION. FROM HELLENISM TO THE MIDDLE AGES • IN 313 A.D. CHRISTIANITY BECAME AN ACCEPTED RELIGION IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE. • THAT WAS THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR COSTANTINE. FROM HELLENISM TO THE MIDDLE AGES • FROM THE YEAR 380 CHRISTIANITY WAS THE OFFICIAL RELIGION THROUGOUT THE ENTIRE ROMAN EMPIRE FROM HELLENISM TO THE MIDDLE AGES • THE FIRST CENTURIES AFTER THE YEAR 400 WERE A CULTURAL DECLINE. • THE ROMAN PERIOD HAD BEEN A HIGH CULTURE. • IN THE EARLY CENTURIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES THE ENTIRE CULTURE CRUMBLED. • SO DID ITS TRADE ECONOMY THE MIDDLE AGES * ROME WAS THUS THE CHRISTIAN CAPITAL  THE MIDDLE AGES • THE TWO PROMINENT MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHERS, AUGUSTINE AND THOMAS AQUINAS, DEALT WITH THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 1.WHAT WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GREEK PHILOSOPHERS AND WHAT THE BIBLE SAID? THE MIDDLE AGES 2.WAS THERE A CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THE BIBLE AND REASON, OR WERE BELIEF AND KNOWLEDGE COMPATIBLE? ST. AUGUSTINE • THE DICHOTOMY BETWEEN EVIL AND GOODNESS • EVIL = ABSENCE OF GOD ST. AUGUSTINE: FOCUS ON HIS PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT • THE CONCEPT OF CREATION= GOD CREATED THE WORLD, THE “IDEAS” WERE IN THE DIVINE MIND • THE LINK BETWEEN EVIL AND GOODNESS THOMAS AQUINAS: THE FIVE WAYS TO DEMONSTRATE GOD’S EXISTENCE • 5.AS THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN INFINITIVE SERIES OF MOVING THINGS, THERE MUST BE A FIRST MOVER WHO IS IMMOVABLE AND OUTSIDE THE SERIES. QUESTION •WHY NOT A MACHINE???? A POSSIBLE ANSWER •A MACHINE IS STILL IN MOTION BY OTHER ENTITIES.