[Milton-L] De Doctrina Christiana

[Michael Bryson]

Well, since you bring up Erasmus, I'll mention
Luther (though he is certainly not before the
Reformation). Luther certainly made such a
distinction when (in The Babylonian Captivity of the
Church) he referred to the figure we now call
Pseudo-Dionysius as "more of a Platonist than a
Christian."

Michael Bryson

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  Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 15:49:26 -0500
  From: "James Rovira" <jamesrovira at gmail.com>
  Subject: Re: [Milton-L] De Doctrina Christiana
  To: "John Milton Discussion List"
  <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>

  You're going very far back with that distinction,
  Peter -- end of the second century.  What would
  Dante or Erasmus think?

  Jim R

  On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Peter C. Herman
  <herman2 at mail.sdsu.edu> wrote:

    Wasn't it Tertullian who famously asked: "What
    does Athens have to
    do with Jerusalem?"

    Clearly, some people most certainly
    distinguished between the two.

    Peter C. Herman

    At 12:34 PM 1/9/2009, you wrote:

      Can you really distinguish
      between "classical" and "Christian" in most
      western
      Christian thinking prior to the Reformation?

      Jim R

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