Why did Platonism help Augustine read the Bible like a Christian? John Peter Kenney and Matthew Barrett

Summary: What did Augustine and Athanasius, Origen and the Cappadocians, Boethius and Aquinas all have in common? They all critically appropriated Platonism. Platonism was not a set of doctrines that proved convenient. Rather, Platonism was an epic, even revolutionary outlook on transcendent reality that defied a materialistic understanding of God and the world. For example, Platonism… <a href="https://credomag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_02_28-Kenney_mixdown-1.mp3">Download Audio</a>