Christianity and Classical Culture: A Study of Thought and Action from Augustus to Augustine

accepted Accordingly achieved activity Ambrose Arian Aristotle ascribed assert Athanasius attitude Augustine Augustus authority basis Caesar Cato century character Christ Christian Church Cicero civil claims classical classical antiquity common connexion Constantine Constantinian constituted contemporary cult declares described destined Diocletian divine doctrine edict Edict of Milan effort elements embodied emperor empire envisaged evident evil existence fact faith final foll Graeco-Roman Gratian Greek hand Heraclitus Herodotus human idea ideal imperial individual intellectual intelligence involved Julian justice Lactantius less Livy logos Lucretius mankind material means merely mind moral nature nevertheless notion pagan philosophy Plato Plotinus political possible principle problem question reason regarded religion republic Roman Romanitas Rome scientific secular sense served significance social society soul spirit standpoint Tacitus Tertullian Theod Theodosius thought tion traditional truth ultimate Valentinian Vergil virtue words καὶ