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ANTE-NICENE
CHRISTIAN LIBRARY:
TRANSLATIONS OF
THE WRITINGS OF THE FATHERS
DOWN TO A.D. 325.
EDITED BY THE
REV. ALEXANDER ROBERTS, D.D.,
AND
JAMES DONALDSON, LL.D.
VOL. XII.
CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.
VOL. II.
EDINBURGH:
T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET.
MDCCCLXIX.
MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH,
PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE
THE WRITINGS
OF
CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.
TRANSLATED BY
THE REV. WILLIAM WILSON, M.A.,
MUSSELBURGH.
VOLUME II.
EDINBURGH:
T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STEEET.
LONDON: HAMILTON & CO. DUBLIN: JOHN ROBERTSON & CO.
MDCCCLXIX.


CONTENTS.



THE MISCELLANIES.
BOOK II. | ||
CHAP. | PAGE | |
1. | Introductory, | 1 |
2. | The Knowledge of God can be attained only through Faith, | 3 |
3. | Faith not a product of Nature, | 6 |
4. | Faith the foundation of all Knowledge, | 8 |
5. | He proves by several examples that the Greeks drew from the Sacred Writers, | 12 |
6. | The Excellence and Utility of Faith, | 16 |
7. | The Utility of Fear. Objections Answered, | 20 |
8. | The Vagaries of Basilides and Valentinus as to Fear being the Cause of Things, | 22 |
9. | The Connection of the Christian Virtues, | 26 |
10. | To what the Philosopher applies himself, | 29 |
11. | The Knowledge which comes through Faith the Surest of All, | 30 |
12. | Twofold Faith, | 33 |
13. | On First and Second Repentance, | 35 |
14. | How a Thing may be Involuntary, | 37 |
15. | On the different kinds of Voluntary Actions, and the Sins thence proceeding, | 38 |
16. | How we are to explain the passages of Scripture which ascribe to God Human Affections, | 43 |
17. | On the various kinds of Knowledge, | 45 |
18. | The Mosaic Law the fountain of all Ethics, and the source from which the Greeks drew theirs, | 47 |
19. | The true Gnostic is an imitator of God, especially in Beneficence, | 57 |
20. | The true Gnostic exercises Patience and Self-restraint, | 60 |
21. | Opinions of various Philosophers on the Chief Good, | 71 |
22. | Plato's Opinion, that the Chief Good consists in assimilation to God, and its agreement with Scripture, | 74 |
23. | On Marriage, | 78 |
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BOOK III. | ||
1. | Basilidis Sententiam de Continentia et Nuptiis refutat, | 84 |
2. | Carpocratis et Epiphanis Sententiam de Feminarum Communitate refutat, | 86 |
3. | Quatenus Plato aliique e veteribus præiverint Marcionitis aliisque Hæreticis, qui a Nuptiis ideo abstinent quia Creaturam malam existimant et nasci Homines in Pœnam opinantur, | 89 |
4. | Quibus prætextibus utantur Hæretici ad omnis generis licentiam et libidinem exercendam, | 95 |
5. | Duo genera Hæreticorum notat: prius illorum qui omnia omnibus licere pronuntiant, quos refutat, | 102 |
6. | Secundum genus Hæreticorum aggreditur, illorum scilicet qui ex impia de deo omnium conditore Sententia, Continentiam exercent, | 105 |
7. | Qua in re Christianorum Continentia eam quam sibi vindicant Philosophi antecellat, | 110 |
8. | Loca S. Scripturæ ab Hæreticis in vituperium Matrimonii adducta explicat; et primo verba Apostoli Rom. vi. 14, ab Hæreticorum perversa interpretation e vindicat, | 112 |
9. | Dictum Christi ad Salomen exponit, quod tanquam in vituperium Nuptiarum prolatum Hæretici allegabant, | 113 |
10. | Verba Christi Matt, xviii. 20, mystice exponit, | 116 |
11. | Legis et Christi mandatum de non Concupiscendo exponit, | 117 |
12. | Verba Apostoli 1 Cor. vii. 5, 39, 40, aliaque S. Scripturæ loca eodem spectantia explicat, | 121 |
13. | Julii Cassiani Hæretici verbis respondet; item loco quem ex Evangelio Apocrypho idem adduxerat, | 128 |
14. | 2 Cor. xi. 3, et Eph. iv. 24, exponit, | 129 |
15. | 1 Cor. vii. 1; Luc. xiv. 26; Isa. lvi. 2, 3, explicat, | 130 |
16. | Jer. xx. 14; Job xiv. 3; Ps. l. 5; 1 Cor. ix. 27, exponit, | 132 |
17. | Qui Nuptias et Generationem malas asserunt, ii et dei Creationem et ipsam evangelii Dispensationem vituperant, | 133 |
18. | Duas extremas Opiniones esse vitandas: primam illorum qui Creatoris odio a Nuptiis abstinent; alteram illorum qui hinc occasionem arripiunt nefariis libidinibus indulgendi, | 135 |
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BOOK IV. | ||
1. | Order of Contents, | 139 |
2. | The meaning of the name Stromata [Miscellanies], | 140 |
3. | The true Excellence of Man, | 142 |
4. | The Praises of Martyrdom, | 145 |
5. | On Contempt for Pain, Poverty, and other external things, | 148 |
6. | Some points in the Beatitudes, | 150 |
7. | The Blessedness of the Martyr, | 158 |
8. | Women as well as Men, Slaves as well as Freemen, Candidates for the Martyr's Crown, | 165 |
9. | Christ's Sayings respecting Martyrdom, | 170 |
10. | Those who offered themselves for Martyrdom reproved, | 173 |
11. | The objection, Why do you suffer if God cares for you, answered, | 174 |
12. | Basilides' idea of Martyrdom refuted, | 175 |
13. | Valentinian's Vagaries about the Abolition of Death refuted, | 179 |
14. | The Love of All, even of our Enemies, | 182 |
15. | On avoiding Offence, | 183 |
16. | Passages of Scripture respecting the Constancy, Patience and Love of the Martyrs, | 184 |
17. | Passages from Clement's Epistle to the Corinthians on Martyrdom, | 187 |
18. | On Love, and the repressing of our Desires, | 190 |
19. | Women as well as Men capable of Perfection, | 193 |
20. | A Good Wife, | 196 |
21. | Description of the Perfect Man, or Gnostic, | 199 |
22. | The true Gnostic does Good, not from fear of Punishment or hope of Reward, but only for the sake of Good itself, | 202 |
23. | The same subject continued, | 207 |
24. | The reason and end of Divine Punishments, | 210 |
25. | True Perfection consists in the Knowledge and Love of God, | 212 |
26. | How the Perfect Man treats the Body and the Things of the World, | 215 |
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BOOK V. | ||
1. | On Faith, | 220 |
2. | On Hope, | 228 |
3. | The objects of Faith and Hope perceived by the Mind alone, | 229 |
4. | Divine Things wrapped up in Figures both in the Sacred and in Heathen Writers, | 232 |
5. | On the Symbols of Pythagoras, | 236 |
6. | The Mystic Meaning of the Tabernacle and its Furniture, | 240 |
7. | The Egyptian Symbols and Enigmas of Sacred Things, | 245 |
8. | The use of the Symbolic Style by Poets and Philosophers, | 247 |
9. | Reasons for veiling the Truth in Symbols, | 254 |
10. | The opinion of the Apostles on veiling the Mysteries of the Faith, | 257 |
11. | Abstraction from Material Things necessary in order to attain to the true Knowledge of God, | 261 |
12. | God cannot be embraced in Words or by the Mind, | 267 |
13. | The Knowledge of God a Divine Gift, according to the Philosophers, | 270 |
14. | Greek Plagiarisms from the Hebrews, | 274 |
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BOOK VI. | ||
1. | Plan, | 302 |
2. | The subject of Plagiarisms resumed. The Greeks plagiarized from one another, | 304 |
3. | Plagiarism by the Greeks of the Miracles related in the Sacred Books of the Hebrews, | 319 |
4. | The Greeks drew many of their Philosophical Tenets from the Egyptian and Indian Gymnosophists, | 323 |
5. | The Greeks had some Knowledge of the true God, | 326 |
6. | The Gospel was preached to Jews and Gentiles in Hades, | 328 |
7. | What true Philosophy is, and whence so called, | 335 |
8. | Philosophy is Knowledge given by God, | 339 |
9. | The Gnostic free of all Perturbations of the Soul, | 344 |
10. | The Gnostic avails himself of the help of all Human Knowledge, | 349 |
11. | The Mystical Meanings in the proportions of Numbers, Geometrical Ratios, and Music, | 352 |
12. | Human Nature possesses an adaptation for Perfection; the Gnostic alone attains it, | 359 |
13. | Degrees of Glory in Heaven corresponding with the Dignities of the Church below, | 365 |
14. | Degrees of Glory in Heaven, | 366 |
15. | Different Degrees of Knowledge, | 371 |
16. | Gnostic Exposition of the Decalogue, | 383 |
17. | Philosophy conveys only an imperfect Knowledge of God, | 393 |
18. | The use of Philosophy to the Gnostic, | 401 |
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BOOK VII. | ||
1. | The Gnostic a true Worshipper of God, and unjustly calumniated by Unbelievers as an Atheist, | 406 |
2. | The Son the Ruler and Saviour of All, | 409 |
3. | The Gnostic aims at the nearest Likeness possible to God and His Son, | 414 |
4. | The Heathens made Gods like themselves, whence springs all Superstition, | 421 |
5. | The Holy Soul a more excellent Temple than any Edifice built by Man, | 424 |
6. | Prayers and Praise from a Pure Mind, ceaselessly offered far better than Sacrifices, | 426 |
7. | What sort of Prayer the Gnostic employs, and how it is heard by God, | 431 |
8. | The Gnostic so addicted to Truth as not to need to use an Oath, | 442 |
9. | Those who teach others, ought to excel in Virtues, | 444 |
10. | Steps to Perfection, | 446 |
11. | Description of the Gnostic's Life, | 449 |
12. | The true Gnostic is Beneficent, Continent, and despises Worldly Things, | 455 |
13. | Description of the Gnostic continued, | 466 |
14. | Description of the Gnostic furnished by an Exposition of 1 Cor. vi. 1, etc., | 468 |
15. | The objection to join the Church on account of the diversity of Heresies answered, | 472 |
16. | Scripture the Criterion by which Truth and Heresy are distinguished, | 476 |
17. | The Tradition of the Church prior to that of the Heresies, | 485 |
18. | The Distinction between Clean and Unclean Animals in the Law symbolical of the Distinction between the Church, and Jews, and Heretics, | 488 |
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BOOK VIII. | ||
1. | The object of Philosophical and Theological Inquiry—the Discovery of Truth, | 490 |
2. | The necessity of Perspicuous Definition, | 491 |
3. | Demonstration defined, | 492 |
4. | To prevent Ambiguity, we must begin with clear Definition, | 496 |
5. | Application of Demonstration to Sceptical Suspense of Judgment, | 500 |
6. | Definitions, Genera, and Species, | 502 |
7. | On the Causes of Doubt or Assent, | 505 |
8. | The Method of classifying Things and Names, | 506 |
9. | On the different kinds of Causes, | 508 |
Indexes—Index of Texts, Index of Subjects, |
515 | |
525 |

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