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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 289
Fabric Type: 9780882907826
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How Greek Philosophy Corrupted the Christian Concept of God brings profound new insights to the Trinitarian doctrines of "orthodox" Christianity. With clear and precise documentation, the book shows how these doctrines migrated into early Christianity from Greek philosophy. The various aspects of Trinitarian belief are isolated, linked to their Greek sources, and carefully analyzed to show they differ radically from biblical teaching. The writings of early church fathers, portrayed in their historical context, show that during the second century, theological concepts taught in Platonism were adopted as Christianity struggled to end Roman persecution. Emperor Marcus Aurelius, a famous Stoic philosopher, was putting Christians to death because their belief did not conform to the Hellenized religion of the day. The book shows that the early Church Fathers sought to save their people's lives by redefining the Christian God in Greek terms. Their efforts brought metaphysics to Christianity and ushered in concepts like the Trinity. After presenting the historical setting in which these philosophical errors were embraced as Christian doctrine, the book compares orthodox Christian theology today, called "classical theism," to biblical teachings. The book identifies how Greek phillosophy has influenced major atributes of God taught in classical theism. The book constitutes a major challenge to those who accept the tenants of classical theism but do not know the many aspects of their doctrine that are based on Greek philosophy.
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The author has written this book to explain that what we think of as orthodox Christianity changed and evolved after the time of the apostles (roughly 100 AD) to reach its present state by approximately 300-350 AD. He notes the literal/symbolic approach to religion taken by Old Testament writers and the metaphysical approach taken when explaining the New Testment writings.
He ascribes the change to the increasing influence over the years of Greek philosophy in the church. He explains ... Read More
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This is one of the most baldly biased and poorly written books I have ever read. From page 1: "Neither Protestants nor Catholics actually base their beliefs on the Bible. Though this may surprise some Christians, to believe otherwise is more than naive--it is a failure to apprehend the very essence of what is known as "Christian orthodoxy." Whether one believes this to be the case or not, it is not pleasant to be hit over the head with opinion statements as clumsily and frequently as Hopkins unabashedly ... Read More
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This book was recommended by a friend. It was interesting, but not to my liking. I would say it is one person's opinion ( as is all history ).
I would not recommend it to any of my friends, simply because I did not feel it was a compelling case.
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What is always interesting about any book, cd, movie, are the comments it brings from people who attack it for personal reasons ( not caring if true or false ), rather then the edvidence the issue in question presents. Not that I haven't felt a personal emotion on subjects I feel strongly about ( while others may wish to ignore ) but I try to base them on what is in front of me. One review praises the Greek, lets just say way of thought, as the higher level ( please, history is there for all to see, right ... Read More
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Being a Greek Orthodox Christian I find this tomb to be very offensive. But I will review it without emotion and will simply sate a few historical truths.
Actually, there is not very much that need be said about this twisted view of history.
But the FACT is, Christianity would not even be here today if not for the Ancient Greeks.
Christianity GREW UP in the Greek world, and this world is where the *passionate religious expression* of the Jews met the *compassionate reasoning* ... Read More
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