The Writings of Clement of Alexandria, Volume 2

T. & T. Clark, 1869 - Theology - 542 pages

Contents

• THE MISCELLANIES BOOK: 1
• The Knowledge of God can be attained only through Faith: 3
• Faith not a product of Nature: 6
• Faith the foundation of all Knowledge: 8
• He proves by several examples that the Greeks drew from the Sacred Writers: 12
• CHAP: 15
• The Excellence and Utility of Faith: 16
• The Utility of Fear Objections Answered: 20
• The Vagaries of Basilides and Valentinus as to Fear being the Cause of Things: 22
• The Connection of the Christian Virtues: 26
• To what the Philosopher applies himself: 29
• The Knowledge which comes through Faith the Surest of All: 30
• Twofold Faith: 33
• On First and Second Repentance: 35
• How a Thing may be Involuntary: 37
• On the different kinds of Voluntary Actions and the Sins thence proceeding: 38
• How we are to explain the passages of Scripture which ascribe to God Human Affections: 43
• On the various kinds of Knowledge: 45
• The Mosaic Law the fountain of all Ethics and the source from which the Greeks drew theirs: 47
• The true Gnostic is an imitator of God especially in Benefi cence: 57
• The true Gnostic exercises Patience and Selfrestraint: 60
• Opinions of various Philosophers on the Chief Good: 71
• Platos Opinion that the Chief Good consists in assimilation to God and its agreement with Scripture: 74
• On Marriage: 78
• BOOK III: 84
• Carpocratis et Epiphanis Sententiam de Feminarum Com munitate refutat: 86
• Quatenus Plato aliique e veteribus præiverint Marcionitis aliisque Hæreticis qui a Nuptiis ideo abstinent quia Creaturam malam existimant et nasci Ho...: 89
• Quibus prætextibus utantur Hæretici ad omnis generis licentiam et libidinem exercendam: 95
• prius illorum qui omnia omnibus licere pronuntiant quos refutat: 102
• Secundum genus Hæreticorum aggreditur illorum scilicet qui ex impia de deo omnium conditore Sententia Con tinentiam exercent: 105
• Qua in re Christianorum Continentia eam quam sibi vindi cant Philosophi antecellat: 110
• Loca S Scripturæ ab Hæreticis in vituperium Matrimonii adducta explicat et primo verba Apostoli Rom vi: 112
• Dictum Christi ad Salomen exponit quod tanquam in vitu perium Nuptiarum prolatum Hæretici allegabant: 113
• Verba Christi Matt xviii 20 mystice exponit: 116
• Legis et Christi mandatum de non Concupiscendo exponit: 117
• Verba Apostoli 1 Cor vii 5 39 40 aliaque S Scripturæ loca eodem spectantia explicat: 121
• Julii Cassiani Hæretici verbis respondet item loco quem ex Evangelio Apocrypho idem adduxerat: 128
• Cor xi 3 et Eph iv 24 exponit: 129
• Cor vii 1 Luc xiv 26 Isa lvi 2 3 explicat: 130
• Jer xx 14 Job xiv 3 Ps 1 5 1 Cor ix 27 exponit: 132
• primam illorum qui: 133
• Creatoris odio a Nuptiis abstinent alteram illorum qui hinc occasionem arripiunt nefariis libidinibus indulgendi: 135
• BOOK IV: 139
• The meaning of the name Stromata Miscellanies: 140
• The true Excellence of Man: 142
• The Praises of Martyrdom: 145
• On Contempt for Pain Poverty and other external things: 148
• Some points in the Beatitudes: 150
• The Blessedness of the Martyr: 158
• Women as well as Men Slaves as well as Freemen Candi dates for the Martyrs Crown: 165
• Christs Sayings respecting Martyrdom: 170
• Those who offered themselves for Martyrdom reproved: 173
• The objection Why do you suffer if God cares for you answered: 174
• Basilides idea of Martyrdom refuted: 175
• Valentinians Vagaries about the Abolition of Death refuted: 179
• The Love of All even of our Enemies: 182
• On avoiding Offence: 183
• Passages of Scripture respecting the Constancy Patience and Love of the Martyrs: 184
• Passages from Clements Epistle to the Corinthians on Martyrdom: 187
• On Love and the repressing of our Desires: 190
• Women as well as Men capable of Perfection: 193
• A Good Wife: 196
• CHAP PAGE 21 Description of the Perfect Man or Gnostic: 199
• The true Gnostic does Good not from fear of Punishment or hope of Reward but only for the sake of Good itself: 202
• The same subject continued: 207
• The reason and end of Divine Punishments: 210
• True Perfection consists in the Knowledge and Love of God: 212
• How the Perfect Man treats the Body and the Things of the World: 215
• BOOK V: 220
• On Hope: 228
• The objects of Faith and Hope perceived by the Mind alone: 229
• Divine Things wrapped up in Figures both in the Sacred and in Heathen Writers: 232
• On the Symbols of Pythagoras: 236
• The Mystic Meaning of the Tabernacle and its Furniture: 240
• The Egyptian Symbols and Enigmas of Sacred Things: 245
• The use of the Symbolic Style by Poets and Philosophers: 247
• Reasons for veiling the Truth in Symbols: 254
• The opinion of the Apostles on veiling the Mysteries of the Faith: 257
• Abstraction from Material Things necessary in order to attain to the true Knowledge of God: 261
• God cannot be embraced in Words or by the Mind: 267
• The Knowledge of God a Divine Gift according to the Philosophers: 270
• Greek Plagiarisms from the Hebrews: 274
• BOOK VI: 302
• from one another 3 Plagiarism by the Greeks of the Miracles related in the: 304
• Sacred Books of the Hebrews: 319
• The Greeks drew many of their Philosophical Tenets from the Egyptian and Indian Gymnosophists: 323
• The Greeks had some Knowledge of the true God: 326
• The Gospel was preached to Jews and Gentiles in Hades: 328
• What true Philosophy is and whence so called: 335
• Philosophy is Knowledge given by God: 339
• The Gnostic free of all Perturbations of the Soul: 344
• The Gnostic avails himself of the help of all Human Know ledge: 349
• The Mystical Meanings in the proportions of Numbers Geo metrical Ratios and Music: 352
• Human Nature possesses an adaptation for Perfection the Gnostic alone attains it: 359
• Degrees of Glory in Heaven corresponding with the Dignities of the Church below: 365
• Degrees of Glory in Heaven: 366
• The use of Philosophy to the Gnostic: 401
• The Son the Ruler and Saviour of All: 409
• The Heathens made Gods like themselves whence springs: 421
• What sort of Prayer the Gnostic employs and how it: 431
• The Gnostic so addicted to Truth as not to need to use: 442
• Description of the Gnostics Life: 449
• The true Gnostic is Beneficent Continent and despises: 455
• Description of the Gnostic continued: 466
• The objection to join the Church on account of the diver: 472
• The Tradition of the Church prior to that of the Heresies: 485
• The necessity of Perspicuous Definition: 491
• Application of Demonstration to Sceptical Suspense of Judg: 500
• The Method of classifying Things and Names: 506
• INDEXESIndex of Texts: 515
• 500: 539

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Writings of Clement of Alexandria, Volume 2; Volume 12 of Ante-Nicene Christian library : translations of the writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325; Volume 12 of Ante-Nicene christian library; The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Titus Flavius Clemens (Alexandrinus. -)
• Translated by: William Wilson
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark, 1869
• Original from: University of Lausanne
• Digitized: May 19, 2009
• Length: 542 pages