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Why did Platonism help Augustine read the Bible like a Christian? John Peter Kenney and Matthew Barrett
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2023-03-07 07:00:05
Description: What did Augustine and Athanasius, Origen and the Cappadocians, Boethius and Aquinas all have in common? They all critically appropriated Platonism. Platonism was not a set of doctrines that proved convenient. Rather, Platonism was an epic, even revolutionary outlook on transcendent reality that defied a materialistic understanding of God and the world. For example, Platonism… Download Audio
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