Critical History of Eclecticism

—rely on what he says about them under the name
of the New Platonists The "New Platonists" or Neoplatonists were a school of mystical philosophy that arose in the 3rd century AD, heavily influencing early Christian thought.. What I find re-
markable there is his boldness in putting
forward as the Theology of the early Fathers
of the Church what the Socinians Socinians: A rationalist Christian sect that emerged during the Reformation; they denied the Trinity and the divinity of Christ, often arguing that such doctrines were later "corruptions" from Greek philosophy.
attribute to them. He has not for-
gotten certain details that escaped
some scholars, and which these Sec-
tarians try to exploit. It is well known
how unfavorably Mr. Deslandes André-François Deslandes (1689–1757) was a French philosopher and scientist whose history of philosophy was often seen as a thinly veiled critique of religious orthodoxy. thought
of Religion. I have not, however,
pointed out what he ventures against
sound Theology under the pretext of ex-
plaining how Philosophy was intro-
duced into Christianity. What I have
said when speaking of the Platonism of the
Fathers The "Fathers" refers to the early influential theologians of the Christian Church, such as Justin Martyr or Clement of Alexandria, who adapted Platonic concepts to explain Christian mysteries. is a more than sufficient
refutation of the most reprehensible
parts of this section in the third vo-
lume of Mr. Deslandes (1).

(1) See the 37th chapter of this Work.