Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Keith P I never knew much about black figures in the church, so I found the piece enlightening.
What I really found interesting was the early church's seemlingly beautifull ethnic makeup and the reform movement's rejection of it.
For instance, how has this changed and has it at all? |
Not sure what you're asking.
One thing that was true of Luther, brilliant theologian, is that he was a consumate asshole and anti-semite. The Coptic church and Easter church and Syrian Church etc had differeing views and were populated with different ethnicities - so I suspect the rejuection of thought and ethnicity went hand in hand... but that's pure speculation.
As for early Church diversity - yes - quite true. But the world was a different place - the center of the world was the Roman Lake and the world consisted of those things that surrounded it.... St. Augustine was from North Africa... our Desert fathers were mostly from Egypt, the purest forms of Latin spoken in the 5th 6th and 7th centuries were found in Ireland etc etc fascinating stuff to be sure