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Chapter
XXXVIII.
Clemens,2444 presbyter of the Alexandrian
church, and a pupil of the Pantaenus mentioned above, led the
theological school at Alexandria after the death of his master and was
teacher of the Catechetes. He is the author of notable volumes, full of
eloquence and learning, both in sacred Scripture and in secular
literature; among these are the Stromata, eight books,
Hypotyposes eight books, Against the nations one book,
On pedagogy2445
2445 On pedagogy = “The
Instructor.” | three books,
On the Passover, Disquisition on fasting and another book
entitled, What rich man is saved? one book On Calumny, On
ecclesiastical canons and against those who follow the error of the
Jews, one book which he addressed to Alexander bishop of Jerusalem.
He also mentions in his volumes of Stromata the work of Tatian
Against the nations which we mentioned above and a
Chronography of one Cassianus, a work which I have not been able
to find. He also mentioned certain Jewish writers against the nations,
one Aristobulus and Demetrius and Eupolemus who after the example of
Josephus asserted the primacy of Moses and the Jewish people. There is
a letter of Alexander the bishop of Jerusalem who afterwards ruled the
church with Narcissus, on the ordination of Asclepiades the confessor,
addressed to the Antiochians congratulating them, at the end of which
he says “these writings honoured2446
2446 honoured literally
“lordly” perhaps like the conventional formula “Lords
and brethren.” | brethren I have sent to you by the
blessed presbyter Clement, a man illustrious and approved, whom you
also know and with whom now you will become better acquainted a man
who, when he had come hither by the special providence of God,
strengthened and enlarged the church of God.” Origen is known to
have been his disciple. He flourished moreover during the reigns of
Severus and his son Antoninus.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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