tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914765915950240855.post3923456179614894430..comments2009-07-20T19:26:27.480-04:00Godismyjudgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310455924556730920noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914765915950240855.post-56099712911784701672009-07-20T19:26:27.480-04:002009-07-20T19:26:27.480-04:00Hi Silouan,<br /><br />Interesting. Thanks for the link. I will check it out, but clearly Athanasius was influential if, thanks to him, the Trinity is a given today.<br /><br />God be with you,<br />DanGodismyjudgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310455924556730920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914765915950240855.post-1339669359174521932009-07-17T23:34:18.860-04:002009-07-17T23:34:18.860-04:00Athanasius is maybe less influential than he might seem. Thanks to him, the Trinity is a given today; but if you read his <a href="http://silouanthompson.net/2008/03/27/on-the-incarnation/" rel="nofollow">On the Incarnation</a>, you&#39;ll notice that Athanasius&#39; actual <i>argument</i> -- which convinced the Council the divine incarnation is a necessary part of the Gospel -- hasn&#39;t remained a significant part of Western theology.<br /><br />(Then again his &quot;Life of St. Antony&quot; was a huge part of the development of Gaulish and Irish monasticism, so he did have some significant influence after all...)Silouanhttp://silouanthompson.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914765915950240855.post-82674659097971309042008-10-01T20:14:00.000-04:002008-10-01T20:14:00.000-04:00Hi Kevin,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for commenting. Of course, I meant no slight to Barth (or anyone else for that matter). Jerome was a tough pick; I wavered between him and Erasmus. But I did want one linguist represented. Seems to me that during times of rapid change, there's usually the combination of a leader and a linguist. Zerubbabel /Ezra, Augustine/Jerome, and Luther/Erasmus.<BR/><BR/>God be with you,<BR/>DanGodismyjudgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310455924556730920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914765915950240855.post-45700961661369251512008-10-01T00:53:00.000-04:002008-10-01T00:53:00.000-04:00I'm always interested when people do these lists. I think you pretty much got the list right. I probably would not have included Jerome, but since the list is "most influential," his placement is appropriate. I would have put Karl Barth at number 10, but it is perhaps still too early to tell how influential he will be in, say, 100 or 200 years. But I'm pretty confident that we will be reckoning with Barth, like we do with Augustine and Thomas, until Our Lord's return.Kevin Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04313286544695110514noreply@blogger.com