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195:1.1 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenization Hellenization] of [[Christianity]] started in [[earnest]] on that eventful day when the [[Apostle Paul]] stood before the [[council]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areopagus Areopagus] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens Athens] and told the Athenians about " the Unknown God. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17] There, under the [[shadow]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis Acropolis], this [[Roman]] [[citizen]] [[proclaimed]] to these [[Greeks]] his version of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_religious_movement new religion] which had taken [[origin]] in the [[Jewish]] [[land]] of [[Galilee]]. And there was something strangely alike in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_philosophy Greek philosophy] and many of the [[teachings]] of [[Jesus]]. They had a common goal—both aimed at the [[emergence]] of the [[individual]]. The [[Greek]], at [[social]] and [[political]] [[emergence]]; [[Jesus]], at [[moral]] and [[spiritual]] emergence. The [[Greek]] taught [[intellectual]] [[liberalism]] leading to [[political]] [[freedom]]; [[Jesus]] taught spiritual liberalism leading to [[religious]] [[liberty]]. These two [[ideas]] put together constituted a new and mighty charter for [[human]] [[freedom]]; they presaged man's [[social]], [[political]], and [[spiritual]] [[liberty]].

195:1.1 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenization Hellenization] of [[Christianity]] started in [[earnest]] on that eventful day when the [[Apostle Paul]] stood before the [[council]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areopagus Areopagus] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens Athens] and told the Athenians about " the Unknown God. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17] There, under the [[shadow]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis Acropolis], this [[Roman]] [[citizen]] [[proclaimed]] to these [[Greeks]] his version of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_religious_movement new religion] which had taken [[origin]] in the [[Jewish]] [[land]] of [[Galilee]]. And there was something strangely alike in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_philosophy Greek philosophy] and many of the [[teachings]] of [[Jesus]]. They had a common goal—both aimed at the [[emergence]] of the [[individual]]. The [[Greek]], at [[social]] and [[political]] [[emergence]]; [[Jesus]], at [[moral]] and [[spiritual]] emergence. The [[Greek]] taught [[intellectual]] [[liberalism]] leading to [[political]] [[freedom]]; [[Jesus]] taught spiritual liberalism leading to [[religious]] [[liberty]]. These two [[ideas]] put together constituted a new and mighty charter for [[human]] [[freedom]]; they presaged man's [[social]], [[political]], and [[spiritual]] [[liberty]].

195:1.2 [[Christianity]] came into [[existence]] and [[triumphed]] over all [[contending]] religions primarily because of two things:

195:1.2 [[Christianity]] came into [[existence]] and [[triumphed]] over all [[contending]] religions primarily because of two things:

*2. 195:1.4 [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] and his successors were willing but shrewd and [[sagacious]] [[compromisers]]; they were keen [[theologic]] [[traders]].

*2. 195:1.4 [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] and his successors were willing but shrewd and [[sagacious]] [[compromisers]]; they were keen [[theologic]] [[traders]].

195:1.5 At the time [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] stood up in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens Athens] [[preaching]] " Christ and Him Crucified, "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17] the [[Greeks]] were [[spiritually]] [[hungry]]; they were [[inquiring]], interested, and actually looking for [[spiritual]] [[truth]]. Never [[forget]] that at first the [[Romans]] fought [[Christianity]], while the [[Greeks]] [[embraced]] it, and that it was the [[Greeks]] who [[literally]] [[forced]] the [[Romans]] subsequently to [[accept]] this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_religious_movement new religion], as then [[modified]], as a part of [[Greek]] [[culture]].

195:1.5 At the time [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] stood up in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens Athens] [[preaching]] " Christ and Him Crucified, "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17] the [[Greeks]] were [[spiritually]] [[hungry]]; they were [[inquiring]], interested, and actually looking for [[spiritual]] [[truth]]. Never [[forget]] that at first the [[Romans]] fought [[Christianity]], while the [[Greeks]] [[embraced]] it, and that it was the [[Greeks]] who [[literally]] [[forced]] the [[Romans]] subsequently to [[accept]] this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_religious_movement new religion], as then [[modified]], as a part of [[Greek]] [[culture]].

195:1.6 The [[Greek]] [[revered]] [[beauty]], the [[Jew]] [[holiness]], but both peoples loved [[truth]]. For centuries the [[Greek]] had seriously [[thought]] and [[earnestly]] [[debated]] about all [[human]] [[problems]]—[[social]], [[economic]], [[political]], and [[philosophic]]—except [[religion]]. Few [[Greeks]] had paid much [[attention]] to [[religion]]; they did not take even their own religion very seriously. For centuries the [[Jews]] had neglected these other fields of [[thought]] while they [[devoted]] their [[minds]] to [[religion]]. They took their [[religion]] very seriously, too seriously. As [[illuminated]] by the content of [[Jesus]]' [[message]], the united product of the centuries of the [[thought]] of these two peoples now became the driving [[power]] of a new order of [[human]] [[society]] and, to a certain extent, of a new order of human [[religious]] [[belief]] and [[practice]].

195:1.6 The [[Greek]] [[revered]] [[beauty]], the [[Jew]] [[holiness]], but both peoples loved [[truth]]. For centuries the [[Greek]] had seriously [[thought]] and [[earnestly]] [[debated]] about all [[human]] [[problems]]—[[social]], [[economic]], [[political]], and [[philosophic]]—except [[religion]]. Few [[Greeks]] had paid much [[attention]] to [[religion]]; they did not take even their own religion very seriously. For centuries the [[Jews]] had neglected these other fields of [[thought]] while they [[devoted]] their [[minds]] to [[religion]]. They took their [[religion]] very seriously, too seriously. As [[illuminated]] by the content of [[Jesus]]' [[message]], the united product of the centuries of the [[thought]] of these two peoples now became the driving [[power]] of a new order of [[human]] [[society]] and, to a certain extent, of a new order of human [[religious]] [[belief]] and [[practice]].

195:1.7 The [[influence]] of [[Greek]] [[culture]] had already penetrated the [[lands]] of the western Mediterranean when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great Alexander] spread [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_civilization Hellenistic civilization] over the [[Levant|near-Eastern world]]. The [[Greeks]] did very well with their [[religion]] and their [[politics]] as long as they lived in small [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_states city-states], but when the Macedonian [[king]] dared to expand [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delian_League Greece] into an [[empire]], stretching from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great#Conquest_of_the_Persian_Empire Adriatic to the Indus], trouble began. The [[art]] and [[philosophy]] of Greece were fully [[equal]] to the task of [[imperial]] expansion, but not so with [[Greek]] [[political]] [[administration]] or [[religion]]. After the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_states city-states] of Greece had expanded into [[empire]], their rather [[parochial]] gods seemed a little [[queer]]. The [[Greeks]] were really searching for [[Monotheism|one God]], a greater and better God, when the Christianized version of the older [[Jewish]] [[religion]] came to them.

195:1.7 The [[influence]] of [[Greek]] [[culture]] had already penetrated the [[lands]] of the western Mediterranean when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great Alexander] spread [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_civilization Hellenistic civilization] over the [[Levant|near-Eastern world]]. The [[Greeks]] did very well with their [[religion]] and their [[politics]] as long as they lived in small [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_states city-states], but when the Macedonian [[king]] dared to expand [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delian_League Greece] into an [[empire]], stretching from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great#Conquest_of_the_Persian_Empire Adriatic to the Indus], trouble began. The [[art]] and [[philosophy]] of Greece were fully [[equal]] to the task of [[imperial]] expansion, but not so with [[Greek]] [[political]] [[administration]] or [[religion]]. After the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_states city-states] of Greece had expanded into [[empire]], their rather [[parochial]] gods seemed a little [[queer]]. The [[Greeks]] were really searching for [[Monotheism|one God]], a greater and better God, when the Christianized version of the older [[Jewish]] [[religion]] came to them.

195:1.8 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_civilization Hellenistic Empire], as such, could not [[endure]]. Its cultural sway continued on, but it [[endured]] only after securing from [[the West]] the [[Roman]] [[political]] [[genius]] for [[empire]] [[administration]] and after obtaining from [[the East]] a [[religion]] whose one [[God]] possessed [[empire]] [[dignity]].

195:1.8 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_civilization Hellenistic Empire], as such, could not [[endure]]. Its cultural sway continued on, but it [[endured]] only after securing from [[the West]] the [[Roman]] [[political]] [[genius]] for [[empire]] [[administration]] and after obtaining from [[the East]] a [[religion]] whose one [[God]] possessed [[empire]] [[dignity]].

195:1.9 In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_century first century] after Christ, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_civilization Hellenistic culture] had already [[attained]] its highest levels; its [[retrogression]] had begun; [[learning]] was advancing but [[genius]] was declining. It was at this very time that the [[ideas]] and [[ideals]] of [[Jesus]], which were partially [[embodied]] in [[Christianity]], became a part of the salvage of [[Greek]] [[culture]] and [[learning]].

195:1.9 In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_century first century] after Christ, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_civilization Hellenistic culture] had already [[attained]] its highest levels; its [[retrogression]] had begun; [[learning]] was advancing but [[genius]] was declining. It was at this very time that the [[ideas]] and [[ideals]] of [[Jesus]], which were partially [[embodied]] in [[Christianity]], became a part of the salvage of [[Greek]] [[culture]] and [[learning]].

195:1.10 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great Alexander] had charged on [[the East]] with the cultural gift of the [[civilization]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_greece#Hellenistic_Greece Greece]; [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] [[assaulted]] [[the West]] with the [[Christian]] version of the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]]. And wherever the Greek [[culture]] prevailed throughout [[the West]], there [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity#Spread_of_Christianity Hellenized Christianity] took root.

195:1.10 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great Alexander] had charged on [[the East]] with the cultural gift of the [[civilization]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_greece#Hellenistic_Greece Greece]; [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] [[assaulted]] [[the West]] with the [[Christian]] version of the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]]. And wherever the Greek [[culture]] prevailed throughout [[the West]], there [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity#Spread_of_Christianity Hellenized Christianity] took root.

195:1.11 The Eastern version of the [[message]] of [[Jesus]], notwithstanding that it remained more true to his teachings, continued to follow the uncompromising [[attitude]] of [[Abner]]. It never [[progressed]] as did the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity#Spread_of_Christianity Hellenized version] and was [[eventually]] lost in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_islam#Islamic_State_periods Islamic movement].

195:1.11 The Eastern version of the [[message]] of [[Jesus]], notwithstanding that it remained more true to his teachings, continued to follow the uncompromising [[attitude]] of [[Abner]]. It never [[progressed]] as did the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity#Spread_of_Christianity Hellenized version] and was [[eventually]] lost in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_islam#Islamic_State_periods Islamic movement].

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_195 Go to Paper 195]</center>

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_195 Go to Paper 195]</center>