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Has the Roman Catholic Church based any part of its doctrine on the teachings of Aristotle?
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- The basis of doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church has always been, scripture and Church tradition, through dogma. The Church provides for the monitoring, review, and evaluation of developments in many disciplines and areas of knowledge. Doctrinal development can be influenced by the results of any responsible endeavor, but these influences haven't provided the basis for doctrine.
- Aristotle, Plato, and a host of others, through the years, have been influential in the process of the Church's development of doctrine. However, the influencing of doctrinal development, doesn't provide a basis for it. Doctrine is founded on scripture and tradition, through dogma.
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∙ 8y ago
Wiki User
∙ 8y agoThe doctrines of the early Christian Church were much more influenced by Plato than by Aristotle.
Aristotle believed that the scope of god was limited essentially to the role of prime mover of the universe, with no additional direct interaction with his creation. He was one of the first deists. In Physics, where he discussed the four causes, Aristotle treated nature itself as a craftsman, but clearly devoid of forethought and intelligence.
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