Church Literature 6Th11Th Centuries
Definition
The Barbarian invasions and the fall of Rome buried classical education; schools emptied, Latin was partly forgotten and distorted, and elite Western clergy lacked basic education — though individual erudite writers still appeared in East and West.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Decline Of Enlightenment And The Dark Ages In The West
Biblical References
- Romans 13:13 — *Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy. *
- Genesis 1:1-31 — In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water. …
- Psalms (36 psalms commented on by Chrysostom; also by Cyril and Theodoret) — For the music director, an oracle, written by the Lord’s servant David. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God, for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin. The words he speaks are sinful…