This study analyzes and compares information from historical documents on the role and status of the church in the development of church-state relationships within the Roman Empire from A.D. 306 to 814 (from Constantine's ascendancy to the throne, to Charlemagne's death). After the introductory chapter, chapter 2 analyzes church-state relationships at the time of Constantine. The chapter presents the Christian and Roman ways of understanding religion before Constantine, the changes that occurred because of Constantine's conversion to Catholicism, and his religious policies. Chapter 3 analyzes the church-state relationships that existed form the time of Constantine's sons to the reign of Justinian. During this time, Catholicism replaced paganism and the Roman senate in the religious and political life of the empire. Also, it examines the development of the papacy and Justinian's religious policies. Chapter 4 analyzes the church-state relationship during the reign of Clovis. It analyzes the significance of Clovis's conversion to Catholicism and to the political life of Gaul and the empire, as well as his model of church-state relations. Chapter 5 analyzes the church-state relationship from Pope Gregory the great to the time of Charlemagne. It discusses Charlemagne's religious policies and the importance of the Catholic Church and the papacy to the Frankish empire and the legitimacy of the Carolingian dynasty. It presents the papacy's struggle for political power and its independence from the eastern empire after its alliance with the Frankish kings. Chapter 6 analyzes and compares the church-state relationships that existed during the reigns of the four political leaders covered in the previous chapters- Constantine, Justinian, Clovis, and Charlemagne. The chapter suggests that the church-state model adopted by Justinian was similar to that of Constantine and the one adopted by Charlemagne was similar to that of Clovis. This study proposes that just as Constantine's conversion and Charlemagne's coronation are considered turning points in history, Clovis's conversion and the reigns of Justinian and Vigilius can be considered tipping points for the beginning of the new European model of church-state relations and the fight for political supremacy by the papacy.
O principal objetivo desse artigo é demonstrar a influência de Filo de Alexandria sobre as especulações cosmológicas na filosofia do cristianismo primitivo. Um judeu conhecedor do pensamento grego clássico, Filo criou um precedente para a fusão da religião com o Helenismo. Quando apologistas cristãos sentiram a necessidade de defender sua fé ao mundo pagão, eles utilizaram métodos e ideias já conhecidas a seus leitores, a filosofia grega. Este artigo compara a reinterpretação de Filo do platonismo com o uso do dualismo platonico dos principais pais da igreja em suas diferentes formas a fim de mostrar a extensão da influência de Filo sobre a visão de Deus cristã.
As filosofias helênicas tiveram larga influência no mundo greco-romano. Teólogos da era patrística são um exemplo desse alcance helenístico até mesmo na teologia da igreja cristã primitiva. Orígenes, teólogo cristão do terceiro século, em seus escritos, apresenta conceitos ontológicos helenistas, que podem ser vistos na teologia oriental depois dele. O objetivo deste estudo é analisar a influência do epicurismo e o estoicismo, duas escolas filosóficas do helenismo, na visão de Deus de Orígenes e sua implicação na contemporaneidade. Para o desenvolvimento do presente trabalho foi utilizado o método de análise bibliográfica. Dentre os autores pesquisados destaca-se Geovanne Reale e Justo González. A pesquisa conclui que Orígenes foi influenciado pelo neoplatonismo, a filosofia corrente em Alexandria na sua época, sistematizada com bases estoicas. O neoplatonismo posteriormente influenciou Agostinho, e a teologia cristã latina medieval e atual.
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