Christianity, a Dynamic Principle of Progress : John J. MulloyJohn Mulloy examines one of the reasons for studying Christian culture,' . . . . the one which sees Christianity as having imparted a dynamic principle of change and transformation to Western culture.
Notes on Culture: What Was the Renaissance?by William Doino Jr. The debate as to whether the Renaissance built upon and continued the Christian achievements of the Middle Ages,or whether the Renaissance was independently pagan, and marked a sharp break with the preceding Catholic era, continues to this day.
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