The Rise And Fall Of The Church In Western Civilization

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had to change. Christianity led a world of faith and led to the Middle Ages. The purpose of life changed from one of trying to achieve excellence through human ability to the importance of obtaining salvation (Perry 1985). Most of the Christians believed one way and were the early church. Large numbers of people chose to accept the church. "The Reformation of the sixteenth century was the attempt by theologians, preachers, and political leaders to make European culture more Christian than it had been"( Hendrix 558).
Early Christianity taught that history was important because there were spiritual value placed on the past. Classical humanism did not believe this way, it placed value on being able to reason and put one's talents to use. However, individuals did start churches and worked in these churches by using the talents they had.
Christians respected Greek philosophy and did not want to ruin or eradicate the intellectual heritage of Greek. Christian thinkers preserved ...

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