HY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Cassiodorus
30 May 2018
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I.The Shaping of a New Worldview
A. The classical heritage and the church fathers
B. Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
1. Translated the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate)
2. Bible to be understood allegorically
C. Saint Ambrose (c. 340-397)
1. On the Duties of Ministers
2. God helps some Christians and not others (the gift of grace)
D. The life and thought of Saint Augustine (354-430)
1. The quest for Christianity
2. Archbishop of Hippo (395)
3. Confessions
a. Predestination
b. Doctrine of charity
4. On the City of God
. Predestination
a. City of Man—"live according to man"
b. City of God—"live according to God"
c. The Bible contains all wisdom
d. A modified acceptance of classical thought
II. Classical Learning and Christian Life
. Need to reconcile Roman identity and Christian identity
1. Had to overcome desire to be both Christian and pagan at the
same time
A. Christian intellectuals had to embrace knowledge while replacing
pagan philosophy with doctrines of Christ
B. Christian intellectuals reinterpreted classical culture for Christian
audience
1. Widely distributed the works of Cicero and Virgil
2. Preserved ancient learning
3. Compiled anthologies of classical texts appropriate for Christian
audience
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