The attitude of the early Christian Latin writers toward pagan literature and learning /. Ellspermann, G. L. John T. Zubal,, Cleveland :, 1984. abstract bibtex Certainly by the title a book to reckon with if you're interested in how early Church writers wrestled with faith and learning issues. According to one reviewer, Ellspermann's basic thesis–that the attitude of the Fathers toward pagan learning, generally, was negative at first but becomes increasingly sympathetic–had already been established by other scholars, and thus represented "a safe conclusion." That said, it remains a helpful introduction to the topic in spite of it not being particularly well written. The author includes summaries of each chapter, which annoys the specialists apparently, but is helpful for the rest of us. In once such summary the author states that, by the time the Latin apologists, Minucius Felix and Tertullian, come on the scene (early 3rd century), the Greek fathers had largely worked out the issue of accommodation as it relates to pagan learning. And by the mid-3rd century most Christian writers embraced the usefulness of pagan literature and learning for Christians, though with a few exceptions such as Tertullian and Aristides the Athenian. Speaking of Tertullian, one so often "maligned in that which has to do with issues of faith and reason," check out Justo Gonzalez's article \textlessa href="http://ezproxy.wheaton.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rfh&AN=ATLA0000739460&site=ehost-live"\textgreaterAthens and Jerusalem Revisited: Reason and Authority in Tertullian\textless/a\textgreater.
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