Table of Contents

1. Introduction / 2. St. Paul, the Apostolic Fathers and the Apologists of the Second Century / 3. The Alexandrian School / 4. The Influence of Philosophy on the Language and Thought of the Councils / 5. St. Augustine / 6. Epilogue

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A concise and accessible overview of the response of early Christian thought to classical philosophy and its integration into Christian theology.

About the Author

Anthony Meredith SJ was for many years a member of the Faculty of Theology at Oxford and Tutor in Patristics at Campion Hall. He also taught at Heythrop College, University of London. He is the author of The Cappadocians (1998) and Gregory of Nyssa (1999).

Reviews

Anthony Meredith has poured a lifetime of learning into this extraordinary book. He tells the dramatic, yet subtle and complex story of the Church in its relation to Philosophy, always managing to avoid the two-fold danger, fatal to so many other accounts, of glib and misleading generalities, on the one hand, and a dizzying, excessive display of detailed learning, on the other. Meredith is learned; but he's always a pleasure to read. His prose is relaxed, yet clear and forceful; eloquent, even uplifting when it needs to be, and frequently graced with a wink of puckish humour.This book will surely become a standard source for students seeking to discover just what Athens did in fact have to do with Jerusalem.
*Ronald K. Tacelli, Boston College, USA*

As the name implies, Christian Philosophy in the Early Church aims to clarify the relationship between philosophy and religion in early Christianity. The study of such an issue can only be welcomed ... It deals with a very specific topic, which can prove to be quite interesting to the specialist.
*St. Tikhon's Orthodox University Journal, (Bloomsbury Translation)*