Project Gutenberg 2023-11-29 Public domain in the USA. 290 Hatch, Edwin 1835 1889 Hatch, E. (Edwin) Fairbairn, A. M. (Andrew Martin) 1838 1912 Fairbairn, Andrew Martin The influence of Greek ideas and usages upon the Christian church $aLondon :$bWilliams and Norgate, $c1914. Wouter Franssen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Influence of Greek Ideas and Usages Upon the Christian Church" by Edwin Hatch is a historical account likely written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the profound impact of Greek philosophical and cultural frameworks on the development of early Christianity, exploring how these influences shaped the church's beliefs and practices. Hatch aims to investigate the shift from the ethical teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount to the more dogmatic structure of the Nicene Creed, providing a critical analysis of this transformation. At the start of the book, the author introduces the essential problem of understanding how Christianity evolved from a simple ethical framework to a complex belief system influenced by Greek thought. He discusses the need to examine the mental landscape of the Greek world during the first few centuries AD and emphasizes that any significant change in religious belief must be rooted in existing ideas. His preliminary considerations include the need for a careful investigation of various cultural, literary, and philosophical elements present at the time, which contributed to this significant transformation in Christianity. The opening establishes a rigorous methodological approach and invites readers to explore the interplay between Greek culture and early Christian thought throughout the subsequent lectures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/influenceofgreek00hatciala/page/70/mode/2up 20201027142512hatch 1914 GB Reading ease score: 66.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 Philosophy, Ancient Theology, Doctrinal Philosophy -- History BL BR Text Category: History - Religious 960429 2025-07-28T13:39:53.671779 text/html 904054 2023-11-28T22:27:13 text/html 547280 2025-07-28T13:40:09.533205 application/epub+zip 556462 2025-07-28T13:39:57.785747 application/epub+zip 448909 2025-07-28T13:39:55.065792 application/epub+zip 1075483 2025-07-28T13:40:16.919253 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1038767 2025-07-28T13:40:08.095312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 727116 2025-07-28T13:39:50.537806 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 707156 2023-11-28T22:27:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17531 2025-07-28T13:40:17.160169 application/rdf+xml 15962 2025-07-28T13:39:56.520758 image/jpeg 2624 2025-07-28T13:39:56.281824 image/jpeg 731679 2025-07-28T13:39:53.747761 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia