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1、TheinfluenceofChristianityontheWesterncountriesWesternCulturereferstotheculturethathasdevelopedinthewesternworld,whiletraditionalwesterncultureissaidtohavebeencreatedbythreemainhistoricalfactors:AncientGreece,theRomanEmpire,andChristianity.FortheimportantroleAncientGreeceandRomanEmpireinhumanCivil
2、ization,theinfluenceofthemonthewesterncultureiseasilytobeunderstood.However,inwhichaspects,orhowChristianity,thereligionbasedonthelifeandteachingsofJesusChrist,influencedwesternculture?Inthisarticle,IwilldiscusssomeinfluenceofChristianityonthewesternculture.Firstly,duringMiddleAges,Christianitypla
3、yedaveryimportantpartinunitingtheEuropeconfrontedwithchaos.Europe,especiallythewesternpartreachedmoreunderstandingandagreementinculturethankstoChristianity.Itmadeagreatdifferenceinshapingthegeneralmoralityatthattime.Moreover,thespiritofChristianityprofoundlyaffectedthecivilizingoftheGermans.Genera
4、lly,thewholesocialvaluesofthewesternworldhavebeeninfluencedbythethoughtofChristianity.Secondly,Christianitymadecontributionstotheclassicalcultureorinotherwordstothereconstructionoftheclassicalcivilization.ChristianitywastheonlyorganizationrealizingthesignificanceofGreekandRomanculturewhenthepricel
5、essclassicalculturewasinthegreatestdangerofextinction.Muchclassicalworkshadbeencopied,protectedandthencarriedforwardbyChristianity.Itisnotonlymeaningfultothegrandclassicalculturebutalsotothedevelopmentofthewholehumanraceintermsofcivilization.Besides,anewbranchofsubject-scholasticism,whichisthought
6、tobeanessentialsectionofphilosophywasstartedandstimulatedbyChristianity.Thirdly,sincetherewerenopublicschoolsthen;itisChristianitythattooktheresponsibilityofeducationinthesociety.Inaddition,alongtheearlyphaseofMiddleAges,mostofthecommonpeoplewereilliterate,Christiansweretheverygroupabletosaveandsp
7、readculture.Besides,alltheschoolsthenwerefoundedbyChristianity,itisnevertoomuchtoperceivetheimportanceofitsroleineducation.Theirstudentscouldstudy“sevenliberalarts”derivedfromGreekandRomanculturewhichservedtopass
