Linear view of history
174In the Beginning... Again
4 Jan 2024
5:55¶ 24
“Yeah, haven’t we, because although Christianity presents us with a linear view of time – something that has a beginning and, with regard to…”
7:32¶ 29
“Before that though he realized something about the children of Adam. We don’t want history to have a beginning for two reasons, at least.…”
8:21¶ 30
“That changed when Augustine of Hippo write The City of God and said in essence, “Let me tell you a story. This is reality.…”
31Chronology, Community, and Freedom
3 Aug 2020
7:58¶ 29
“It was considered a function of the way the universe worked, because of course the pagan world didn’t like the idea of linear time.…”
8:31¶ 31
“One thing that it most certainly adopted was a linear view of history, despite the fact that within history it maintained the ideas of…”