(113) The impact of Christianity Roman philosophers such as Plotinus returned to the ideas of Plato, and the “neo-Platonist” movement influenced early Christian thinkers. Augustine of Hippo interpreted Plato’s ideas in the light of Christian faith to examine questions such as the difference between divine and human law, and whether there could be such a thing as a just war. The pagan Roman empire had simply had little time for philosophy and theory, but in early Christian Europe, political thinking was subordinated to religious dogma, and the ideas of ancient Greece and Rome were largely neglected. A major factor in this subordination of ideas was the rise to political power of the Church and the papacy. Medieval Europe was effectively ruled by the Church, a situation that was formalized in 800 by the creation of the Holy Roman empire under Charlemagne.
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