The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 2 (of 2)BOOK V.William Wilson translationChapter navigation118 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.Chapter I · INTRODUCTORY.Chapter II · THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD CAN BE ATTAINED ONLY THROUGH FAITH.Chapter III · FAITH NOT A PRODUCT OF NATURE.Chapter IV · FAITH THE FOUNDATION OF ALL KNOWLEDGE.Chapter V · HE PROVES BY SEVERAL EXAMPLES THAT THE GREEKS DREW FROM THE SACRED WRITERS.Chapter VI · THE EXCELLENCE AND UTILITY OF FAITH.Chapter VII · THE UTILITY OF FEAR. OBJECTIONS ANSWERED.Chapter VIII · THE VAGARIES OF BASILIDES AND VALENTINUS AS TO FEAR BEING THE CAUSE OF THINGS.Chapter IX · THE CONNECTION OF THE CHRISTIAN VIRTUES.Chapter X · TO WHAT THE PHILOSOPHER APPLIES HIMSELF.Chapter XI · THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH COMES THROUGH FAITH THE SUREST OF ALL.Chapter XII · TWOFOLD FAITH.Chapter XIII · ON FIRST AND SECOND REPENTANCE.Chapter XIV · HOW A THING MAY BE INVOLUNTARY.Chapter XV · ON THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF VOLUNTARY ACTIONS, AND THE SINS THENCE PROCEEDING.Chapter XVI · HOW WE ARE TO EXPLAIN THE PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE WHICH ASCRIBE TO GOD HUMAN AFFECTIONS.Chapter XVII · ON THE VARIOUS KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE.Chapter XVIII · THE MOSAIC LAW THE FOUNTAIN OF ALL ETHICS, AND THE SOURCE FROM WHICH THE GREEKS DREW THEIRS.Chapter XIX · THE TRUE GNOSTIC IS AN IMITATOR OF GOD, ESPECIALLY IN BENEFICENCE.Chapter XX · THE TRUE GNOSTIC EXERCISES PATIENCE AND SELF-RESTRAINT.Chapter XXI · OPINIONS OF VARIOUS PHILOSOPHERS ON THE CHIEF GOOD.Chapter XXII · PLATO’S OPINION, THAT THE CHIEF GOOD CONSISTS IN ASSIMILATION TO GOD, AND ITS AGREEMENT WITH SCRIPTURE.Chapter XXIII · ON MARRIAGE.BOOK III.[262]BOOK IV.Chapter I · ORDER OF CONTENTS.Chapter II · THE MEANING OF THE NAME STROMATA [MISCELLANIES].Chapter III · THE TRUE EXCELLENCE OF MAN.Chapter IV · THE PRAISES OF MARTYRDOM.Chapter V · ON CONTEMPT FOR PAIN, POVERTY, AND OTHER EXTERNAL THINGS.Chapter VI · SOME POINTS IN THE BEATITUDES.Chapter VII · THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE MARTYR.Chapter VIII · WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN, SLAVES AS WELL AS FREEMEN, CANDIDATES FOR THE MARTYR’S CROWN.Chapter IX · CHRIST’S SAYINGS RESPECTING MARTYRDOM.Chapter X · THOSE WHO OFFERED THEMSELVES FOR MARTYRDOM REPROVED.Chapter XI · THE OBJECTION, WHY DO YOU SUFFER IF GOD CARES FOR YOU, ANSWERED.Chapter XII · BASILIDES’ IDEA OF MARTYRDOM REFUTED.Chapter XIII · VALENTINIAN’S VAGARIES ABOUT THE ABOLITION OF DEATH REFUTED.Chapter XIV · THE LOVE OF ALL, EVEN OF OUR ENEMIES.Chapter XV · ON AVOIDING OFFENCE.Chapter XVI · PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE RESPECTING THE CONSTANCY, PATIENCE, AND LOVE OF THE MARTYRS.Chapter XVII · PASSAGES FROM CLEMENT’S EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS ON MARTYRDOM.Chapter XVIII · ON LOVE, AND THE REPRESSING OF OUR DESIRES.Chapter XIX · WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN CAPABLE OF PERFECTION.Chapter XX · A GOOD WIFE.Chapter XXI · DESCRIPTION OF THE PERFECT MAN, OR GNOSTIC.Chapter XXII · THE TRUE GNOSTIC DOES GOOD, NOT FROM FEAR OF PUNISHMENT OR HOPE OF REWARD, BUT ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF GOOD ITSELF.Chapter XXIII · THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.Chapter XXIV · THE REASON AND END OF DIVINE PUNISHMENTS.Chapter XXV · TRUE PERFECTION CONSISTS IN THE KNOWLEDGE AND LOVE OF GOD.Chapter XXVI · HOW THE PERFECT MAN TREATS THE BODY AND THE THINGS OF THE WORLD.BOOK V.Chapter I · ON FAITH.Chapter II · ON HOPE.Chapter III · THE OBJECTS OF FAITH AND HOPE PERCEIVED BY THE MIND ALONE.Chapter IV · DIVINE THINGS WRAPPED UP IN FIGURES BOTH IN THE SACRED AND IN HEATHEN WRITERS.Chapter V · ON THE SYMBOLS OF PYTHAGORAS.Chapter VI · THE MYSTIC MEANING OF THE TABERNACLE AND ITS FURNITURE.Chapter VII · THE EGYPTIAN SYMBOLS AND ENIGMAS OF SACRED THINGS.Chapter VIII · THE USE OF THE SYMBOLIC STYLE BY POETS AND PHILOSOPHERS.Chapter IX · REASONS FOR VEILING THE TRUTH IN SYMBOLS.Chapter X · THE OPINION OF THE APOSTLES ON VEILING THE MYSTERIES OF THE FAITH.Chapter XI · ABSTRACTION FROM MATERIAL THINGS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ATTAIN TO THE TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.Chapter XII · GOD CANNOT BE EMBRACED IN WORDS OR BY THE MIND.Chapter XIII · THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD A DIVINE GIFT, ACCORDING TO THE PHILOSOPHERS.Chapter XIV · GREEK PLAGIARISMS FROM THE HEBREWS.BOOK VI.Chapter I · PLAN.Chapter II · THE SUBJECT OF PLAGIARISMS RESUMED. THE GREEKS PLAGIARIZED FROM ONE ANOTHER.Chapter III · PLAGIARISM BY THE GREEKS OF THE MIRACLES RELATED IN THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE HEBREWS.Chapter IV · THE GREEKS DREW MANY OF THEIR PHILOSOPHICAL TENETS FROM THE EGYPTIAN AND INDIAN GYMNOSOPHISTS.Chapter V · THE GREEKS HAD SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUE GOD.Chapter VI · THE GOSPEL WAS PREACHED TO JEWS AND GENTILES IN HADES.Chapter VII · WHAT TRUE PHILOSOPHY IS, AND WHENCE SO CALLED.Chapter VIII · PHILOSOPHY IS KNOWLEDGE GIVEN BY GOD.Chapter IX · THE GNOSTIC FREE OF ALL PERTURBATIONS OF THE SOUL.Chapter X · THE GNOSTIC AVAILS HIMSELF OF THE HELP OF ALL HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.Chapter XI · THE MYSTICAL MEANINGS IN THE PROPORTIONS OF NUMBERS, GEOMETRICAL RATIOS, AND MUSIC.Chapter XII · HUMAN NATURE POSSESSES AN ADAPTATION FOR PERFECTION; THE GNOSTIC ALONE ATTAINS IT.Chapter XIII · DEGREES OF GLORY IN HEAVEN CORRESPONDING WITH THE DIGNITIES OF THE CHURCH BELOW.Chapter XIV · DEGREES OF GLORY IN HEAVEN.Chapter XV · DIFFERENT DEGREES OF KNOWLEDGE.Chapter XVI · GNOSTIC EXPOSITION OF THE DECALOGUE.Chapter XVII · PHILOSOPHY CONVEYS ONLY AN IMPERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.Chapter XVIII · THE USE OF PHILOSOPHY TO THE GNOSTIC.BOOK VII.Chapter I · THE GNOSTIC A TRUE WORSHIPPER OF GOD, AND UNJUSTLY CALUMNIATED BY UNBELIEVERS AS AN ATHEIST.Chapter II · THE SON THE RULER AND SAVIOUR OF ALL.Chapter III · THE GNOSTIC AIMS AT THE NEAREST LIKENESS POSSIBLE TO GOD AND HIS SON.Chapter IV · THE HEATHENS MADE GODS LIKE THEMSELVES, WHENCE SPRINGS ALL SUPERSTITION.Chapter V · THE HOLY SOUL A MORE EXCELLENT TEMPLE THAN ANY EDIFICE BUILT BY MAN.Chapter VI · PRAYERS AND PRAISE FROM A PURE MIND, CEASELESSLY OFFERED, FAR BETTER THAN SACRIFICES.Chapter VII · WHAT SORT OF PRAYER THE GNOSTIC EMPLOYS, AND HOW IT IS HEARD BY GOD.Chapter VIII · THE GNOSTIC SO ADDICTED TO TRUTH AS NOT TO NEED TO USE AN OATH.Chapter IX · THOSE WHO TEACH OTHERS, OUGHT TO EXCEL IN VIRTUES.Chapter X · STEPS TO PERFECTION.Chapter XI · DESCRIPTION OF THE GNOSTIC’S LIFE.Chapter XII · THE TRUE GNOSTIC IS BENEFICENT, CONTINENT, AND DESPISES WORLDLY THINGS.Chapter XIII · DESCRIPTION OF THE GNOSTIC CONTINUED.Chapter XIV · DESCRIPTION OF THE GNOSTIC FURNISHED BY AN EXPOSITION OF 1 COR. VI. 1, ETC.Chapter XV · THE OBJECTION TO JOIN THE CHURCH ON ACCOUNT OF THE DIVERSITY OF HERESIES ANSWERED.Chapter XVI · SCRIPTURE THE CRITERION BY WHICH TRUTH AND HERESY ARE DISTINGUISHED.Chapter XVII · THE TRADITION OF THE CHURCH PRIOR TO THAT OF THE HERESIES.Chapter XVIII · THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN CLEAN AND UNCLEAN ANIMALS IN THE LAW SYMBOLICAL OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE CHURCH, AND JEWS, AND HERETICS.BOOK VIII.Chapter I · THE OBJECT OF PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL INQUIRY—THE DISCOVERY OF TRUTH.Chapter II · THE NECESSITY OF PERSPICUOUS DEFINITION.Chapter III · DEMONSTRATION DEFINED.Chapter IV · TO PREVENT AMBIGUITY, WE MUST BEGIN WITH CLEAR DEFINITION.Chapter V · APPLICATION OF DEMONSTRATION TO SCEPTICAL SUSPENSE OF JUDGMENT.Chapter VI · DEFINITIONS, GENERA, AND SPECIES.Chapter VII · ON THE CAUSES OF DOUBT OR ASSENT.Chapter VIII · THE METHOD OF CLASSIFYING THINGS AND NAMES.Chapter IX · ON THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CAUSES.INDEXES.INDEXES. 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