At a time in Western civilization when differing religious theologies were at odds with each another, opposing schools of thought attempted to reformulate and rationalize some the most fundamental teachings heart early Christianity. As founders these branded as radicals heretics for defying orthodoxy authority Roman Empire same time, Catholic Church, teachers soon ostracized harshly punished th...

Traces the continuity of ideas Neoplatonism in Greek-Byzantine Patristics process developing orthodox doctrine Holy Trinity by Church Fathers. The author emphasizes commonalities and distinctions Christianity. Plotinus’ concept triad, One - Intellect Soul, is considered with a focus on analysis regarding as Deity Origin world. emanation Neo-platonic trinity hypostasis its connection through Wor...

J HENRY NEWMAN was one of the greatest English prose writers whose works spanned the nineteenth century. His penchant for figurative language revealed a literary talent that was rhetorically exciting and highly imaginative. In the wake of Romanticism he used the imagination in his theological method to portray the intellectual depth of religious belief. He understood the imagination as a mental...

Во время переселения народов германские племена обосновывались на территории Европы. В результате происходил культурный обмен с местным населением, что приводило к христианизации варваров, глобальному изменению этнического самосознания и, как результат, — образования варварских христианских королевств обломках Римской империи. Вестготы одни из первых прошли данный путь. Пройдя через всю империю...

The basic realist claim is that a mind-independent reality exists. It should be common sense knowledge to accept this claim, just as any theories that try to deny it soon become inconsistent because reality strikes back. In spite of this, antirealist philosophies flourish, not only in philosophy but also in the behavioral and cognitive sciences and in information science. This is highly problem...