Christianity - its phiosophies

[Dedalus]

What philosophical schools did Jesus, assuming he wasn't son of god, lean on?

Has anyone set about looking at whether Plato or Stoicism forms the basis of what he taught? Would that be correct?

[John 6:29]

Stoicism is probably fairly close, but I think you'd find some issues between Christ and His theology on the "Father" or in a Stoics case, a deity. Plato, maybe a little bit, however, Plato leaned heavily on Socrates philosophies, at least originally, which was rebuked by Christ and His Apostles as heresies. In fact there was an emerging group of converts who used to be Gnostic that were rebuked directly in some of the Epistles because their Philosophies.

Later, however, the church (which I don't agree was rightful), derived a lot of it's philosophy from Aristotle due to Aquinas.

[Dedalus]

Originally Posted by John 6:29

Stoicism is probably fairly close, but I think you'd find some issues between Christ and His theology on the "Father" or in a Stoics case, a deity. Plato, maybe a little bit, however, Plato leaned heavily on Socrates philosophies, at least originally, which was rebuked by Christ and His Apostles as heresies. In fact there was an emerging group of converts who used to be Gnostic that were rebuked directly in some of the Epistles because their Philosophies.

Later, however, the church (which I don't agree was rightful), derived a lot of it's philosophy from Aristotle due to Aquinas.

I had made a thread before outlining similarities between Plato, particularly his Republic, and Jesus' teachings. But nobody responded.

How would Socrates have been heresy? Is it the bit where he argued the non-existence of deities?

[John 6:29]

Originally Posted by Dedalus

I had made a thread before outlining similarities between Plato, particularly his Republic, and Jesus' teachings. But nobody responded.

How would Socrates have been heresy? Is it the bit where he argued the non-existence of deities?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism