Recently I wrote a piece about how the secular developments in the Roman Empire, viz a viz the reign of Constantine, opened the way for the development of the Christian faith as we have come to know it. Now I would like to discuss yet another time when this dynamic played a crucial role, namely…

Around 1200 CE there was a renowned scholar named Albert the Great. Up until that time the thought of Plato had dominated the philosophical and theological world. Oddly enough, the works of Aristotle had been pretty much ignored by scholars. Indeed, they were hardly ever translated from Greek into Latin, French, and German. On the…