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What idea of the ancient Greeks was adopted by the Christian Church?
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∙ 7y ago
Multiple gods - evidenced by expansion of the Jewish single god into tbe Trinity, and the add-ons of angels and patron saints as minor gods covering different aspects of life, and absorption of the characteristics of other gods into the Christian pantheon.
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∙ 7y agoQuite a lot of ideas came from the Greeks into Christianity. One of these was Logos, or 'Word', a divine concept developed by the ancient philosophers. We find references to the Word in John's Gospel, where Jesus is portrayed as the Word.
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