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The Writings of Clement of Alexandria (Vol 1 of 2)

The Writings of Clement of Alexandria (Vol 1 of 2)

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Author
Saint of Alexandria Clement
Title
The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Original Publication
Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1867
Credits
Wouter Franssen, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
Subject
Theology -- Early works to 1800
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 71937
Release Date
October 23, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.INTRODUCTORY NOTICE.
  6. 6.EXHORTATION TO THE HEATHEN. — CHAPTER I. EXHORTATION TO ABANDON THE IMPIOUS MYSTERIES OF IDOLATRY FOR THE ADORATION OF THE DIVINE WORD AND GOD THE FATHER.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. THE ABSURDITY AND IMPIETY OF THE HEATHEN MYSTERIES AND FABLES ABOUT THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF THEIR GODS.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. THE CRUELTY OF THE SACRIFICES TO THE GODS.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. THE ABSURDITY AND SHAMEFULNESS OF THE IMAGES BY WHICH THE GODS ARE WORSHIPPED.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. THE OPINIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS RESPECTING GOD.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. BY DIVINE INSPIRATION PHILOSOPHERS SOMETIMES HIT ON THE TRUTH.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. THE POETS ALSO BEAR TESTIMONY TO THE TRUTH.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. THE TRUE DOCTRINE IS TO BE SOUGHT IN THE PROPHETS.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. “THAT THOSE GRIEVOUSLY SIN WHO DESPISE OR NEGLECT GOD’S GRACIOUS CALLING.”
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. ANSWER TO THE OBJECTION OF THE HEATHEN, THAT IT WAS NOT RIGHT TO ABANDON THE CUSTOMS OF THEIR FATHERS.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. HOW GREAT ARE THE BENEFITS CONFERRED ON MAN THROUGH THE ADVENT OF CHRIST.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. EXHORTATION TO ABANDON THEIR OLD ERRORS AND LISTEN TO THE INSTRUCTIONS OF CHRIST.
  18. 18.THE INSTRUCTOR. — BOOK I. — CHAPTER I. THE OFFICE OF THE INSTRUCTOR.
  19. 19.CHAPTER II. OUR INSTRUCTOR’S TREATMENT OF OUR SINS.
  20. 20.CHAPTER III. THE PHILANTHROPY OF THE INSTRUCTOR.
  21. 21.CHAPTER IV. MEN AND WOMEN ALIKE UNDER THE INSTRUCTOR’S CHARGE.
  22. 22.CHAPTER V. ALL WHO WALK ACCORDING TO TRUTH ARE CHILDREN OF GOD.
  23. 23.CHAPTER VI. THE NAME CHILDREN DOES NOT IMPLY INSTRUCTION IN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES.
  24. 24.CHAPTER VII. WHO THE INSTRUCTOR IS, AND RESPECTING HIS INSTRUCTION.
  25. 25.CHAPTER VIII. AGAINST THOSE WHO THINK THAT WHAT IS JUST IS NOT GOOD.
  26. 26.CHAPTER IX. THAT IT IS THE PREROGATIVE OF THE SAME POWER TO BE BENEFICENT AND TO PUNISH JUSTLY. ALSO THE MANNER OF THE INSTRUCTION OF THE LOGOS.
  27. 27.CHAPTER X. THAT THE SAME GOD, BY THE SAME WORD, RESTRAINS FROM SIN BY THREATENING, AND SAVES HUMANITY BY EXHORTING.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XI. THAT THE WORD INSTRUCTED BY THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XII. THE INSTRUCTOR CHARACTERIZED BY THE SEVERITY AND BENIGNITY OF PATERNAL AFFECTION.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XIII. VIRTUE RATIONAL, SIN IRRATIONAL.
  31. 31.BOOK II. — CHAPTER I. ON EATING.
  32. 32.CHAPTER II. ON DRINKING.
  33. 33.CHAPTER III. ON COSTLY VESSELS.
  34. 34.CHAPTER IV. HOW TO CONDUCT OURSELVES AT FEASTS.
  35. 35.CHAPTER V. ON LAUGHTER.
  36. 36.CHAPTER VI. ON FILTHY SPEAKING.
  37. 37.CHAPTER VII. DIRECTIONS FOR THOSE WHO LIVE TOGETHER.
  38. 38.CHAPTER VIII. ON THE USE OF OINTMENTS AND CROWNS.
  39. 39.CHAPTER IX. ON SLEEP.
  40. 40.CHAPTER X. [563] QUÆNAM DE PROCREATIONE LIBERORUM TRACTANDA SINT.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XI. [585] ON CLOTHES.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XII. ON SHOES.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XIII. AGAINST EXCESSIVE FONDNESS FOR JEWELS AND GOLD ORNAMENTS.
  44. 44.BOOK III. — CHAPTER I. ON THE TRUE BEAUTY.
  45. 45.CHAPTER II. AGAINST EMBELLISHING THE BODY.
  46. 46.CHAPTER III. AGAINST MEN WHO EMBELLISH THEMSELVES.
  47. 47.CHAPTER IV. WITH WHOM WE ARE TO ASSOCIATE.
  48. 48.CHAPTER V. BEHAVIOUR IN THE BATHS.
  49. 49.CHAPTER VI. THE CHRISTIAN ALONE RICH.
  50. 50.CHAPTER VII. FRUGALITY A GOOD PROVISION FOR THE CHRISTIAN.
  51. 51.CHAPTER VIII. SIMILITUDES AND EXAMPLES A MOST IMPORTANT PART OF RIGHT INSTRUCTION.
  52. 52.CHAPTER IX. WHY WE ARE TO USE THE BATH.
  53. 53.CHAPTER X. THE EXERCISES SUITED TO A GOOD LIFE.
  54. 54.CHAPTER XI. A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
  55. 55.CHAPTER XII. CONTINUATION: WITH TEXTS FROM SCRIPTURE.
  56. 56.THE MISCELLANIES; OR, STROMATA.
  57. 57.THE MISCELLANIES. — BOOK I. — CHAPTER I. PREFACE—THE AUTHOR’S OBJECT—THE UTILITY OF WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS.
  58. 58.CHAPTER II. OBJECTION TO THE NUMBER OF EXTRACTS FROM PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS IN THESE BOOKS ANTICIPATED AND ANSWERED.
  59. 59.CHAPTER III. AGAINST THE SOPHISTS.
  60. 60.CHAPTER IV. HUMAN ARTS AS WELL AS DIVINE KNOWLEDGE PROCEED FROM GOD.
  61. 61.CHAPTER V. PHILOSOPHY THE HANDMAID OF THEOLOGY
  62. 62.CHAPTER VI. THE BENEFIT OF CULTURE.
  63. 63.CHAPTER VII. THE ECLECTIC PHILOSOPHY PAVES THE WAY FOR DIVINE VIRTUE.
  64. 64.CHAPTER VIII. THE SOPHISTICAL ARTS USELESS.
  65. 65.CHAPTER IX. HUMAN KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCRIPTURES.
  66. 66.CHAPTER X. TO ACT WELL OF GREATER CONSEQUENCE THAN TO SPEAK WELL.
  67. 67.CHAPTER XI. WHAT IS THE PHILOSOPHY WHICH THE APOSTLE BIDS US SHUN?
  68. 68.CHAPTER XII. THE MYSTERIES OF THE FAITH NOT TO BE DIVULGED TO ALL.
  69. 69.CHAPTER XIII. ALL SECTS OF PHILOSOPHY CONTAIN A GERM OF TRUTH.
  70. 70.CHAPTER XIV. SUCCESSION OF PHILOSOPHERS IN GREECE.
  71. 71.CHAPTER XV. THE GREEK PHILOSOPHY IN GREAT PART DERIVED FROM THE BARBARIANS.
  72. 72.CHAPTER XVI. THAT THE INVENTORS OF OTHER ARTS WERE MOSTLY BARBARIANS.
  73. 73.CHAPTER XVII. ON THE SAYING OF THE SAVIOUR, “ALL THAT CAME BEFORE ME WERE THIEVES AND ROBBERS.” [953]
  74. 74.CHAPTER XVIII. HE ILLUSTRATES THE APOSTLE’S SAYING, “I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE.”
  75. 75.CHAPTER XIX. THAT THE PHILOSOPHERS HAVE ATTAINED TO SOME PORTION OF TRUTH.
  76. 76.CHAPTER XX. IN WHAT RESPECT PHILOSOPHY CONTRIBUTES TO THE COMPREHENSION OF DIVINE TRUTH.
  77. 77.CHAPTER XXI. THE JEWISH INSTITUTIONS AND LAWS OF FAR HIGHER ANTIQUITY THAN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE GREEKS.
  78. 78.CHAPTER XXII. ON THE GREEK TRANSLATION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
  79. 79.CHAPTER XXIII. THE AGE, BIRTH, AND LIFE OF MOSES.
  80. 80.CHAPTER XXIV. HOW MOSES DISCHARGED THE PART OF A MILITARY LEADER.
  81. 81.CHAPTER XXV. PLATO AN IMITATOR OF MOSES IN FRAMING LAWS.
  82. 82.CHAPTER XXVI. MOSES RIGHTLY CALLED A DIVINE LEGISLATOR, AND, THOUGH INFERIOR TO CHRIST, FAR SUPERIOR TO THE GREAT LEGISLATORS OF THE GREEKS, MINOS AND LYCURGUS.
  83. 83.CHAPTER XXVII. THE LAW, EVEN IN CORRECTING AND PUNISHING, AIMS AT THE GOOD OF MEN.
  84. 84.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FOURFOLD DIVISION OF THE MOSAIC LAW.
  85. 85.CHAPTER XXIX. THE GREEKS BUT CHILDREN COMPARED WITH THE HEBREWS. — FOOTNOTES:

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