Prepared by Il Yung V. Han II – 8 BSSE
• Life and teachings
• Gospels• No records of
any writing• No systematic
theology or philosophy
• New Testament
Jesus
Origins of Christian Philosophy
St. Paul
• Saul of Tarsus• Persecuted
Early Christians• Epistles/Letters
- doctrine - theology
• Book of Acts
Hellenism
Hellenistic Christian Philosophy
St. Irenaeus
• Unity of God• Against
Gnosticism• Original sin is
latent to humanity
• Christ is a teacher
Hellenistic Christian Philosophy
Tertullian
• Philosopher• Father of the
western church• Traducianism• Against
Marcionism• Montanism
Origen
• Integrated Platonism
• Logos• Two churches
- One ideal - One real
• God - perfect - ideal
Augustine of Hippo
• Classical Chrisitian Philosophy
• Greek- Plato- Neoplatonism- Stoicism
• Altered for Christian teaching
Medieval Christian Philosophy
John Duns Scotus
• Subtle doctor• Professor at University
of Paris
Anselm of Canterbur
y
• Ontological Argument of God’s existence
• Reintroduced Aristotle in the West
• Arabic translations
St. Thomas of Aquinas
• Professor at University of Paris
• Introduced Aristotelian Philosophy
• Contemporary of St. Bonaventure
Modern and Contemporary Christian Philosophy
Karl Barth
• German survivor
• Wrote massive Church Dogmatics
• Division between human though and divine reality
• Dogmatician of the church and Preacher
John D. Caputo
• American Catholic Deconstructionist and theologian
G.K. Cheterton
• British author
• Christian thought in fiction, non-fiction, poems,
• Seeking truth
• Resistance to Eugenics and Distributivism
Etienne Gilson
• The Spirit of the Medieval Philosophy
• The Spirit of Thomism
• Existential Thomism
Modern and Contemporary Christian Philosophy
Herman Dooyerweerd
• A New Critique of Theoretical Thought
C.S Lewis
• Literary critic• Mythographer• Apologist for the
Christian faith
St. John Paul II
• Fides at Ratio
Josef Pieper
• German Roman Catholic Philosopher
• Plato• St. Thomas
Aquinas
Modern and Contemporary Christian Philosophy
Alvin Plantinga
• Notre Dame University
• Reformed Epistemology
• Synthesizes Analytical Philosophy and Christian philosophical concerns
Egbert Schuurman
• Leading philosopher of technology
• Espouses Christian philosophical approach
Paul Tillich
• Phenomenology of the holy
• Religion is the Ultimate Concern
Modern and Contemporary Christian Philosophy
D.H. Th. Vollenhover
• Calvinism and the Reformation of Philosophy• Philosophy of the Law-Idea• Association of Calvinist Philosophy / Association for
Reformation Philosophy• Best describes as “modern” or “post-modern”
Despite division and different sects., most agrees on:
• God as creator of all things• Jesus is the Messiah, Son of God• Holy Trinity• Human as a sinner• Jesus came to redeem mankind• Our soul is immortal• Old and New Testament as guides to ideal Christian life• Baptism is necessary• Afterlife
• http://www.iep.utm.edu/scotus/• http://www.123rf.com/photo_17197013_abstract-word-cloud-for-christian-philosophy-with-related-tags-and-terms.html• kbarth.org• http://lasvegasorthodox.com/lives-saints-paul.php • https://philosophytheology.wordpress.com/2013/07/20/the-problem-of-religion-without-religion/ • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton • maverickphilosopher.typepad.com• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis • http://www.ncregister.com/blog/melinda-selmys/canada-celebrates-john-paul-ii-day • http://www.azquotes.com/author/18986-Josef_Pieper • http://www.reasonablefaith.org/an-interview-with-alvin-plantinga • https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_Schuurman • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._Th._Vollenhoven • http://www.greatthoughtstreasury.com/author/paul-tillich-fully-paul-johannes-tillich• http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26450&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html• https://davidfriddle.com/gm/Hist.4/ • http://feed15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/guidobertoli/feed.rss • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origen • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irenaeus • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertullian • http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk
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Prepared by Il Yung V. Han II – 8 BSSE
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