Aristotle and the Christian Church: An Essay

In Aristotle and the Christian Church, Azarias begins with the history of the Catholic Church and its relationship with Aristotelianism, from its condemnation by the Council of Paris in 1209 to its full recognition by the Legates of Pope Urban V. in 1366. Azarias then shows the spirit in which the Schoolmen worked to prove that the philosophy evolved by them is as distinct from that of the Lyceum as Saint Peter’s is from the Parthenon. Aristotle’s influence is there; his terms and his formulas are employed, but the inner spirit and the guiding principle are far different.