RE103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Synoptic Gospels, Courtly Love, Renaissance Humanism
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Last class love as the supreme virtue in christianity. We saw love in the new testament, and in augustine, aquinas, martin luther. (cid:455)(cid:374)opti(cid:272) gospels (cid:858) (cid:455)(cid:374)(cid:859) a prefix occurring in words borrowed from greek, having the sa(cid:373)e fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374) as (cid:858)(cid:272)o(cid:859); it (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s (cid:862)(cid:449)ith(cid:863), (cid:862)together(cid:863) Luther(cid:859)s theolog(cid:455) of hu(cid:373)ilit(cid:455): de(cid:373)a(cid:374)ds the total destru(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s (cid:449)ill. a(cid:374)d (cid:455)et, it allows for human being to become like god. The crucifixion of the incarnate god is not a gruesome paradox, as. Nietz(cid:272)he (cid:449)as to (cid:272)hara(cid:272)terize it, (cid:271)ut rather speaks a deep truth: if (cid:455)ou (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to (cid:271)e (cid:858)god a(cid:374)d a(cid:448)iours of the (cid:449)orld(cid:859) (cid:455)ou ha(cid:448)e to be (and not merely appear) humble. (p. 92) The problem of love in a secular world. The two sides of christian view the sanctification of love and humility have become unstuck. May is not promoting religion or christianity, but he is trying to keep us learning from our past.
