Editing Plotinus (section)

=== Christianity ===
Plotinus' philosophy had an influence on the development of [[Christian theology]]. In ''A History of Western Philosophy'', philosopher [[Bertrand Russell]] wrote that:
{{quote|To the Christian, the Other World was the Kingdom of Heaven, to be enjoyed after death; to the Platonist, it was the eternal world of ideas, the real world as opposed to that of illusory appearance. Christian theologians combined these points of view, and embodied much of the philosophy of Plotinus. [...] Plotinus, accordingly, is historically important as an influence in moulding the Christianity of the Middle Ages and of theology.<ref>"A History of Western Philosophy." Bertrand Russell. Simon & Schuster, INC. 1945. pp. 284–285</ref>}}

The [[Eastern Orthodox]] position on ''energy,'' for example, is often contrasted with the position of the [[Roman Catholic Church]], and in part this is attributed to varying interpretations of [[Aristotle]] and Plotinus, either through [[Thomas Aquinas]] for the Roman Catholics or [[Gregory Palamas]] for the Orthodox Christians.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}