ABSTRACT
The exceptionally dynamic and historical character of Christianity is the result of the fact that it conclusively revealed for the first time the existence of the principle of freedom, which was ignored by both the ancient and the Hebrew worlds. The discovery of the inner dynamic principles of history determining the fulfilment of the historical destinies of man, peoples and mankind, eventually produced that eventful world history which coincides with the Christian era. What is the main theme of universal history? It is that of man's destiny seen in the light of the interaction between the human spirit and nature, which constitutes the foundation and motivating principle of the 'historical'. The effect of Christianity was to divorce man from the inner life of nature, which, as a result, became de-animated. Christianity offered the postulate of a united mankind and a Providence manifesting itself in historical destinies.
