[Mrs. Don-o]

But that's OK. I didn't say that Paul adopted Greek philosophy tout court: I just said he couldn't avoid it, since he was speaking Greek. The words' meanings are adapted, modified, altered, revolutionized in contact with Holy Spirit-inspired thought.

Same thing if one is spewaking N ahuatl or Mandarin. You are using words that have a background. A hypertext. Even if you distinguish what you mean by it --- if you mean something unique ---you're culturally hypertexting.

Like I said: this is nothin' new.

Jesus Christ died for my sins, not Aristotle.

[count-your-change]

This is what you did say:

“Pagan” Greek philosophy, recast in the discourse of Christian believers, becomes Christian Greek philosophy”.