欧洲文化,继古希腊罗马之后,出现了一个大断层。这就是从公元五世纪到公元十四世纪历时一千年之久的中世纪。恩格斯曾说过:“中世纪是从粗野的原始状态发展而来的。它把古代文明、古代哲学、政治和法律一扫而光,以便一切都从头做起。”中世纪欧洲文化最重大的事件便是基督教的传播与发展,其特征是基督教思想对文化的垄断,这形成了欧洲文化完全不同于古代文化的第二大源头——基督教文化,又称《圣经》文化。它宣传“原罪”说、天堂地狱说、上帝高于一切、清心寡欲 European culture, following the ancient Greek and Roman, there was a large fault. This is the Middle Ages which lasted for a thousand years from the 5th century to the 14th century AD. Engels once said: “The Middle Ages evolved from a primitive state of rudeness that brushed aside ancient civilizations, ancient philosophies, politics and laws, so everything was started from scratch.” The most significant event of medieval European culture Is the spread and development of Christianity. It is characterized by the monopoly of Christian thought on the culture, which forms the second most important source of European culture - the Christian culture, also known as the Bible culture. It proclaims “original sin,” saying that Heavenly Hell said God above all else, with pure despair