what dis the church think of the Greek and Latin classics? Why did it think this?
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THE CLASSICS AND THE GREEK WRITERS OF THE
EARLY CHURCH: SAINT BASILI
BY RoY J. DEFERRARI
University of Pittsburgh
The purpose of this paper is to serve as a reminder of the close
bond which exists between the masters of classical literature and
many of the early Christian writers and to emphasize the great
value in studying at least certain of the church authors for the
acquirement of the fullest understanding of the great minds of
antiquity. At the same time we would warn against an over-
accentuation of classical elements in the products of later periods
and the consequent lack of appreciation of the true value and place
of the post-classical in the history of civilization.
St. Basil the Great, of Caesarea, is an excellent example of the
Christian Father, a study of whom is very compensating to the
classicist. He lived in a period (the fourth century) when the
elements of Christianity and pagan life were most closely united.
Theodosius the First had made Christianity the state religion, and
paganism was from that time on to suffer constant persecution
and gradual extermination. Christianity, which had hitherto been
fighting desperately for its very existence, and had thus been averse
to any principle of life in any way reminiscent of paganism, now,
in a feeling of security, readily took over many of the pagan ele-
ments of the older civilization. This reaction, as one would expect,
is reflected strongly in the literature of the period. It seems,
indeed, like one of the ironies of history that scarcely had the
church begun to triumph when paganism began to make greater
and greater inroads, not only into the literature, but also into the
customs, thoughts, and life of the people.
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