[annalex]

with which I could agree had the author said "... Church, instead, offers a celebration of the beauty of Christ"

But that would be an un-Catholic thing for the author to say.

We beleive the Bible when it tells us that God liked his Creation. It is inherently beautiful, all of it. To restrict beauty to Christ is to invite the question, why did God sent Him in the first place.

[PetroniusMaximus]

" We beleive the Bible when it tells us that God liked his Creation. It is inherently beautiful, all of it. To restrict beauty to Christ is to invite the question, why did God sent Him in the first place."

The Greeks celebrated beauty. The sought wisdom. But they didn't find God.

The Church is not about fulfilling the unfinished business of the Greeks, but in celebrating the beauty of a crucified Messiah - something the world finds foolish.