What has Jerusalem to do with Athens?
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Today's reading on Exodus 90 said:
> The early Church writer Tertullian (~155–220 A.D.), known as the father of Western theology, once posed the question, “What has Jerusalem to do with Athens?” The idea behind it is that the connection between the Christian faith and Greek philosophy isn’t clear; indeed, in certain periods of the Church’s history, it has been highly controverted.
I'm wondering what the controversies have been; the reading goes on to talk about culture, not philosophy so I'm kind of left in the lurch and this is why I am asking here.
Not that I'm as smart as Tertullian to pose such a question, but I'd like to know how various churches answer this question.
> What has Jerusalem to do with Athens?
This is a [tag:chrestomathy-request] so I'd prefer the answer(s) be in the form of citations from the major works outlining the tenets of each sect with regards to how (and if) it integrates Greek philosophy with theology.
Asked by Peter Turner
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Oct 11, 2022, 10:50 PM
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