THE CHRISTIAN APOLOGISTS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PHILOSOPHY OF THEIR TIME.

Christian teaching is a doctrine of salvation, rescue and love brought along by Christ, not by a philosophical, abstract and theoretical system. Thus, Christianity is a religion revealed in a different manner as compared to the philosophical currents from the period of Christ and His Apostles, because they were seen as converting people and bringing them on God's path and not as issuing a new philosophy that might compete with the already existing ones. The influence on the development of Christian philosophy apologetics was due on one hand to the hostile attacks of detractors against the apologists and, on the other hand, to the desire of understanding the meanings revealed by this teaching and of reaching a more comprehensive vision of the world and human life. Considering all this, after a more profound evaluation, we have noticed that this precise influence addresses the form and not the foundation of the theological speech. The non-Christian philosophic influence only applies to terminology as a working instrument, but, as far as content is concerned, there are huge differences between the Christian culture and its values on one side, and the ancient Greek philosophy, on the other side. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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