Philosophy and Medieval Theology

Nietzsche's assertion, 'Christianity is Platonism for the masses', is inaccurate in one historical respect.  For, the application of the Timaeus to Biblical events--the fundamental ambition of the projects of Medieval theologians--is not pioneered by Augustine, circa 400 AD, as the standard concept of the era has it.  Rather, not only 4 centuries prior to that date, but even preceding the death of Christ, Philo attempts to reconcile Platonism and Judaism, by proposing that the philosophical Logos functions as the Timaeus demiurge for the Judaic God, in the construction of the universe.  So, the original Platonization of Biblical texts attempts to systematize the latter, but not necessarily to propagate the religions based on them.  In any case, Philo's innovation underscores the implication in Nietzsche's assertion--that Medieval Theology is only a derivative intellectual endeavor, the standard characterization of which as 'Philosophy' is a mis-classification.