This morning I was awoken by a dream, and so I decided to read my Our Daily Bread devotional, and then glance through a few blogs. I came across a post or two mentioning Neo-platonism, and I was reminded of a few conversations I had with a friend who was a very passionate evangelical with calvinist leanings (not neo-Reformed). And it occurred to me that what the posts argued, that the emerging/emergent church was anti-Neo-Platonist and therefore somewhat less orthodox, is exactly what my friend would say.
So, in light of that development, I say this as a fan of Clement of Alexandria and a student of his use of Jewish Middle Platonism,
“If you are a Christian, and you equate defending Neo-Platonism with maintaining orthodox Christianity, perhaps you are better off finding a new religion.”
That belongs on a poster somewhere, I am sure of it.
Brilliant!
why thank you, i came up with that at 5am this morning after reading a post.
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