Plundering the Egyptians: The Use of Classical Paideia in the Early Church

John Behr

doi:10.2307/j.ctvpj76z9.9

Plundering the Egyptians: The Use of Classical Paideia in the Early Church

John Behr

Divinity

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The issue of the place of learning in Christianity is both contentious and old. Christianity is a religion of revelation: Jesus Christ has come into the world to make known his Father by the Spirit; and this has from the beginning, for some, been taken to imply that Christians need have nothing to do with learning, with the disciplines of human knowledge, with culture—with what the world has to offer. Christianity is not of this world, and should have nothing to do with it: don’t think, just repeat—preserve!

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Orthodox Christianity and Higher Education
Subtitle of host publication	Theological, Historical, and Contemporary Reflections
Editors	Anne Bezzerides, Elizabeth Prodromou
Publisher	University of Notre Dame Press
Chapter	5
Pages	140-154
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvpj76z9.9
Publication status	Published - 2017

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