REL 2300 Lecture 9: Monotheist religions: Christianity
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He changed christianity from secularization to middle age christianity. Now people were not afraid of being killed. It changed from being a prosecuted minority to a flourished majority. It is the religion of the roman empire (cid:862)the da(cid:396)k ages(cid:863) is asso(cid:272)iated/is the (cid:373)iddle ages it is (cid:272)alled the da(cid:396)k ages (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) (cid:449)e(cid:396)e da(cid:396)k ti(cid:373)es people (cid:449)e(cid:396)e (cid:272)louded a(cid:374)d did(cid:374)"t understand, just trusted their faith. The most important figure in christianity is augustine. Original sin: concupiscetia carnis: lust of the flesh, he suffered in life with sex, he was obsessed with women and they pulled him away from god, concupiscentia oculorum: the eyes as an essential experience. Trying to find the truth pulls you aside from god, struggling and finding the truth and he does(cid:374)"t find it until he converts into christianity: ambitio saceculi: trying to find happiness in success. By the ea(cid:396)th(cid:455) sta(cid:374)da(cid:396)ds he (cid:449)as (cid:862)su(cid:272)(cid:272)essful(cid:863) (cid:271)ut he (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t (cid:396)eall(cid:455) happ(cid:455) u(cid:374)til he fi(cid:374)ds god.
