It is grand news indeed that we are not alone.

Thinking Christianly About the Liberal Arts

by Robert M. Woods

Tertullian

The incarnation calls us to the things of this world. So when we consider the following quotes about the liberal arts we must begin and end there:


What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?– Tertullian

“What has Ingeld to do with Christ”?– Alcuin (when catching some monks reading Beowulf)

What has Horace to do with the Psalter? Or Virgil with the Gospel? Or Cicero the Apostle?– Jerome

Just as the Logos, God Himself, became flesh, and just as God’s words and wisdom were penned by human hands in particular times and places, Christians, as embodied beings, are called to be in the world. We are called to a healthy, robust terrestriality, without compromising our calling. Engagement with the world–in all of its God–imbued glory intertwined with human wretchedness–requires wisdom from God, a wisdom that assists us to be faithful. Just as the incarnation was ultimately about redemption, it is the task of the Christian to redeem all that can be redeemed. Paul tells the very worldly Corinthians to “take captive every thought for Jesus Christ”. We can do this by imitating the enfleshed Word of God and by dwelling in God’s Words while we live in God’s world.

It is grand news indeed that we are not alone. There have been many who have been faithful in this endeavor for thousands of years.

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