The Struggle Between 'Caesar And Christ'

In Rogers’ article “Caesar and Christ” from the journal Aspects of Western Civilization: Problems and Sources in History the New Testament verses of the bible are presented by the synoptic gospels’ authors and Paul. There is an obvious shift between the synoptic gospels’ authors and their contemporary Paul: Paul focuses on Christianity’s award for having faith in face of opposition and what the less fortunate receive; whereas the synoptic gospels’ authors present the message for how Christians should give back to the less fortunate. In Paul’s words from the passage Paul’s Answer to the Intellectuals, he appeals to the common man minds. Paul's states this about wisdom and the context of God, “Yet I do speak wisdom to those who are spiritually mature.” (Rogers, 153). In Paul’s argument he tells his audience that intellects, like philosophers or high class citizens, who criticize christian “foolish” beliefs are wrong. The only important form of wisdom,

This is appealing by those in society who are considered to have the “lesser” intelligences of the Roman society, conveniently being slaves. In the context of history, the Romans who adopted Christianity first in society where typically the slaves and those of the lower class, and to be validated as wise in a new society form a society that does categorizes your class to be intelligent it can be an incredible persuasive mechanic to align someone with values of your opinion. Paul uses similar mechanics to boaster to appeal to the individual of the given identity, as in Paul’s Answer to the Intellectuals to persuade the Christians are in fact wise according to Paul, or in other like “Neither Jew Nor Greek, Male Nor Female” where he claims all people share the similar background of