By the end of this chapter, you will have encountered the following terms, some of which will recur during the work. Ensure that you are familiar with them! They have been capitalized as you are likely to encounter them in normal use.
ad fontes
Middle Ages
apologetics
ontological argument
Byzantine
Renaissance
Five Ways
scholasticism
humanism
theories of the atonement
immaculate conception
voluntarism
medieval
Vulgate
Questions
What was the language spoken by most western theologians during this period?
“Humanists were people who were interested in studying classical Rome.” How helpful is this definition of the term?
What were the major themes of scholastic theology?
Why was there such interest in the theology of the sacraments during the Middle Ages?
