This book explores the impact of Stoicism on early Christianity and argues that the two philosophical systems had a mutually beneficial relationship. James Henry Bryant carefully analyzes the writings of Stoic philosophers and Christian theologians to demonstrate how their ideas overlapped and influenced each other. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from The Mutual Influence of Christianity and the Stoic School IT was at Athens, the school Of the world, that the first and only contact Of Christianity with Gentile Philosophy, recorded in the New Testament, took place. In the learned city the mightiest efforts of the human mind had been made to grasp eternal truth. But the contradictions in the teachings of the master-minds Of Greece and the consequent doubt and unbelief so prevalent, at the same time, with the most abject superstition, proved that the effort had been vain to arrive at a full comprehension Of the Infinite from a consideration Of the finite - to rise from man to cod. In this same city, about half a century after the birth of the Redeemer, there was unveiled to human souls which had been longing for the knowledge Of the unseen, the mystery of Godliness, that cod had been manifest in the flesh. The eyes which had been long looking for the day might now behold the day star from on high who had visited and blessed the world with light and salvation. Now there could be found repose of soul and certainty Of belief, because the Truth had come down from heaven, from god to man, that He might raise man to cod. Heavenly wisdom at length encountered human wisdom and pride of intellect in their stronghold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.