Medieval Philosophy

Patristics and Scholasticism

Medieval philosophy is the name given to the period from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (476) to the capture of
Constantinople by the Turks (1453).

It is a long period characterized by important historical, social, political,

cultural and scientific events. On the cultural level, the West loses knowledge of the Greek language and a large part
of the ancient scientific philosophical legacy. From the hand of the Church begins the construction of a Christian sapentia
unitary with Christian dogma, the beginning and end of reflection.

Features
Medieval philosophy is characterized mainly by its attempt to reconcile Christian (but also Jewish and Islamic)
doctrines with the philosophy inherited from classical antiquity.
It is divided into:

Patristic Philosophy interpretations that would later give rise to heresies.

Patristics is the phase in the history of Christian
organization and theology that spans from the end of
early Christianity, with the consolidation of the New
Testament canon, until around the eighth century. In
addition to the progressive elucidation of Christian
dogma, patristics was concerned above all with the

apologia or defense of Christianity against pagan

religions first and the successive heterodox
 Scholastic Philosophy
It is a theological and philosophical current that used part
of classical Greco-Latin philosophy to understand the
religious revelation of Christianity.
It was based on the coordination between faith and
reason, which in any case always implied a clear
subordination of reason to faith.
 Medieval
Philosophy
Patristics and
Scholasticism
Medieval philosophy is the philosophy that developed in Europe and the Middle East during
what is now called the Middle Ages, which extends roughly from the fall of the Roman Empire to
the Renaissance.

It can be classified
into:

From a historical point of view, the Middle Ages extend from the fall of the Western Roman Empire
to the fall of the Byzantine Empire, but thematically, according to authors such as Gilson, medieval
philosophy begins in the second century with the dialogue between Hellenistic philosophy and the
great monotheistic religions. For this reason, some authors maintain that ancient philosophy loses
its ancient autonomy and becomes ancilla Theologiae, that is, it becomes subordinate or servile to
religious speculation.

Patristic Philosophy
Patristics is the phase in the history of Christian organization
and theology that spans from the end of early Christianity,
with the consolidation of the New Testament canon, until
around the eighth century. In addition to the progressive
elucidation of Christian dogma, patristics was concerned
above all with the apologia or defense of Christianity against
pagan religions first and the successive heterodox
interpretations that would later give rise to heresies.

Scholastic Philosophy
It is a theological and philosophical current that used part
of classical Greco-Latin philosophy to understand the
religious revelation of Christianity.
It was based on the coordination between faith and
reason, which in any case always implied a clear
subordination of reason to faith.