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Camus wrote his thesis in order to complete his studies at the University of Algiers.The thesis is a historical study, in which Camus attempts to elucidate the relationships between evangelical Christianity, the Greek philosophy of the first few centuries anno domini, and the dogmatic Christianism established by Augustine of Hippo.
However, some scholars take the view that Mandaeism is older and dates from pre-Christian times. [25] Mandaeans assert that their religion predates Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as a monotheistic faith. [26] Mandaeans believe that they descend directly from Shem, Noah's son, [27]: 182 and also from John the Baptist's original disciples. [28]
Neoplatonism was a major influence on Christian theology throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in the East, and sometimes in the West as well. In the East, major Greek Fathers like Basil, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory of Nazianzus were influenced by Platonism and Neoplatonism, but also Stoicism often leading towards asceticism and harsh treatment of the body, for example stylite asceticism.
In the context of Christian theology, Christian anthropology is the study of the human (anthropos) as it relates to God. It differs from the social science of anthropology , which primarily deals with the comparative study of the physical and social characteristics of humanity across times and places.
Christianity and Hellenistic philosophies experienced complex interactions during the first to the fourth centuries. As Christianity spread throughout the Hellenic world , an increasing number of church leaders were educated in Greek philosophy .
It discusses the connection between the Big Bang and God from a Christian perspective; Big Bang Theory and Religion, by Ron Kurtis, Physicist; Cosmic Controversy: The Big Bang and Genesis 1 published by the American Scientific Affiliation, an organisation of Christians in the sciences; Oliver, Simon. "Creation and Science". Bibledex Verses.
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See Origen Against Plato by Mark J. Edwards and the introduction to Origen: On First Principles translated and introduced by John Behr as two prominent examples of this history of a specifically Christian philosophy and metaphysics. From the 11th century onwards, Christian philosophy was manifested through Scholasticism.