... church confronted new and unorthodox theological teachings inspired by the atheist Aristotle. Within the spiritual traditions the church found itself opposing a seemingly endless variety of unorthodox movements inspired by the ideal of apostolic poverty (heresy) and convinced that personal morality or experience, not tradition( counter view to church's preservation strategy) or office, gave spiritual authority. These unorthodox movements of later medieval ... Recollection into Augustinian Illumination by creating a role to Christ as the illuminator of the human mind who provides the con...

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... of Israel, especially in terms of their relationship with God. Thus, Judaism has been categorized as a culture or as a civilization."3 However, Christianity is a faith in faith, in an idea or ideal. The purely theological aspect of Christianity is one of the many differences between the two religions, and also one of the most important. There is no concept of national identity ... of Jesus was truly was caused the schism between Judaism and Christianity. Although Judaic tradition does acknowledge the existence of Jesus, as historical figure, a normal human being who was perhaps a teache...

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