The Impact Of Christianity
The Impact of Christianity Response
Larry Caudill
Axia College of the University of Phoenix
February 27, 2009
The original Christians which included Jesus and his followers were all known as Jews during the Roman Empire. This is how Christianity evolved from a Jewish sect into a separate religion; that the Jews and the members of the Christian sect refused to pay homage to the Roman emperor. With the numerous cults that existed during the first couple of years of the Common Era, this is how Christianity became more popular and; this was thanks to Paul of Tarsus (St. Paul) who was well organized. Constantine's beliefs were that Jesus is the son of God and; that Jesus' life, crucifixion, and his resurrection are proof of God's love for humans and therefore forgiving any human sins.
Christianity impacted philosophy by how it inspired philosophers to explain such things as time, what and; who God is. Philosophers also began to speculate on Plato's metaphysics of two worlds. Christianity also challenged philosophers to believe that God created the world from nothing and; that God was timeless. The key contributors of Christianity were Plato, Plotinus, and St. Augustine. Plato's metaphysics explained of how there were two worlds; one that was changing in appearance, ignorance, and error. The other world of having knowledge, truth, and brightness; this was his belief in the ultimate source of existence. This contributed to Christianity's impact which gave reference in Christianity’s belief in God and, that there is a heaven.
Some of the principles of Christianized philosophical issue are; is the principle of noncontradiction which says a proposition and the contradiction cannot be true for both and, that one of them has to be true. St. Augustine also says that doubting is one's existence that is disclosed of something that is certain and; other philosophers are unconvinced...
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