The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

In the west, Scholasticism developed in cathedrals and monasteries due to the following factors:

• a) Use of Latin and lack of knowledge of Greek in the West.
  b) The Westerner's use of reason and logic in determining dogma.
  c) The impact of Arab-Muslim texts translated into Latin, such as Averroes and Avicenna.

Thus Scholasticism represents a departure from the biblically-centered Patristic theology.

http://www.zeitun-eg.org/Scholastic_Theology_Arabic.pdf
translated into English at http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/for ... #msg789689

Yes, but perhaps the first cause was simpler than what scholarly archaelogical excavations would suggest. Perhaps it began with simple pride.