Hellenism and Christianity. 2nd edition. Spassky A.A., Professor

Anatoly Alekseevich Spassky (1866–1916) - a wonderful Russian historian of the ancient Church, professor of the Moscow Theological Academy, a student and successor to the department of the famous A.P. Lebedev. One of his most famous works “Hellenism and Christianity”, written in 1911–1913, is dedicated to the exciting relations of the ancient Greco -Roman culture and the new, at that time, of the God -revealed religion - Christianity. The complex area of ​​cultural -philosophical concepts of Hellenism and Christianity is considered in their historical interaction with the examples of the dialogue of the Octavius ​​Miniya Felix, the works of Lucian Samosatsky and the apology of Origen “against Celsus”. The composition of A. A. Spassky is distinguished not only by high scientific virtues, but also by the excellent literary style, which is characteristic of all the works of this scientist, is read easily and with pleasure. For all those interested in the history of the ancient Church.