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1、TheinfluenceofChristianityonWesternCivilizationWesternCivilizationreferstothecivilizationthathasdevelopedinthewesternworld,whiletraditionalwesterncivilizationissaidtohavebeencreatedbythreemainhistoricalfactors:AncientGreece,theRomanEmpire,andChristianity.FortheimportantroleAnci
2、entGreeceandRomanEmpireinhumancivilization,theinfluenceofthemonthewesterncivilizationiseasilytobeunderstood.However,inwhichaspects,orhowChristianity,thereligionbasedonthelifeandteachingsofJesusChrist,influencedWesternCivilization?Inthisarticle,IwilldiscusssomeinfluenceofChristi
3、anityontheWesternCivilization.ChristianityisthereligionofthefollowersofJesusChrist.ThebeliefsandpracticesofthefirstChristianchurches,establishedintheMiddleEastandaroundtheMediterraneanSea2000yearsago,arerecordedintheNewTestamentoftheBible.Today,Christiansmakeupoveronethirdofthe
4、world’spopulation.ChristianityisthemajorreligioninEurope,theAmericasandAustralia.ItalsohasfollowersinAfricaandAsia.ChristianityisthecoreofWesternCivilization.Tillnow,peoplestilluseChristianCivilizationtosymbolizewesterncivilization.Christianityhavegreatinfluenceonmanyfields,suc
5、haslanguage,literature,art,music,education,law,ideology,morality,familyunit,socialstructure,andetc.1.TheinfluenceonlanguageChristianity’sinfluenceonlanguageisoftenoverlookedandeventakenforgranted.WithouttheBiblemuchofwhatweenjoytodaywouldbenon-existent.TheEnglishlanguageincorpo
6、ratesmanywordsandphrasestakenfromtheBiblewhenfirsttranslated.In1380JohnWycliffetranslatedtheScripturesinitsentiretyandfromitappearsmanyofthewordswestillusetodayincludingthewordsadoption,ambitious,cucumber,liberty,andscapegoatamongothers.WilliamTyndaletranslatedthefirstEnglishtr
7、anslationfromtheoriginaltexts.ArenownedscholarontheliteratureoftheBible,AlistairMcgrathnotes,“WithoutthekingJamesBible,TherewouldhavebeennoParadiseLost,noPilgrim’sProgress,noHandel’sMessiah,noNegrospirituals,andnoGettysburgAddress”.2.TheinfluenceonliteratureOvertheages,writersh
8、avelovedtominetheBible’snarrativeriches,takingaBiblest
