Christianity and the Classics: The Acceptance of a Heritage

Lanham, [MD] : London : University Press of America (1990)
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This study focuses on certain prominent Christian writers and examines their use of the literary and cultural remains from Greco-Roman antiquity. The primary aim of this collection of essays is to clarify the factors which motivated these Christians in their use of the non-Christian classical heritage.

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