Clement of Alexandria

The Stromata, or Miscellanies

Name: The Stromata, or Miscellanies
Author: Clement of Alexandria

3rd c.

Classic translation

Treatises & Other · English translation, 1890

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Book I
Chapter I.—Preface—The Author’s Object—The Utility of Written Compositions
Chapter II.—Objection to the Number of Extracts From Philosophical Writings in…
Chapter III.—Against the Sophists
Chapter IV.—Human Arts as Well as Divine Knowledge Proceed From God
Chapter V.—Philosophy the Handmaid of Theology
Chapter VI.—The Benefit of Culture
Chapter VII.—The Eclectic Philosophy Paves the Way for Divine Virtue
Chapter VIII.—The Sophistical Arts Useless
Chapter IX.—Human Knowledge Necessary for the Understanding of the Scriptures
Chapter X.—To Act Well of Greater Consequence Than to Speak Well
Chapter XI.—What is the Philosophy Which the Apostle Bids Us Shun?
Chapter XII.—The Mysteries of the Faith Not to Be Divulged to All
Chapter XIII.—All Sects of Philosophy Contain a Germ of Truth
Chapter XIV.—Succession of Philosophers in Greece
Chapter XV.—The Greek Philosophy in Great Part Derived From the Barbarians
Chapter XVI.—That the Inventors of Other Arts Were Mostly Barbarians
Chapter XVII.—On the Saying of the Saviour, “All That Came Before Me Were…
Chapter XVIII.—He Illustrates the Apostle’s Saying, “I Will Destroy the Wisdom…
Chapter XIX.—That the Philosophers Have Attained to Some Portion of Truth
Chapter XX.—In What Respect Philosophy Contributes to the Comprehension of…
Chapter XXI.—The Jewish Institutions and Laws of Far Higher Antiquity Than the…
Chapter XXII.—On the Greek Translation of the Old Testament
Chapter XXIII.—The Age, Birth, and Life of Moses
Chapter XXIV.—How Moses Discharged the Part of a Military Leader
Chapter XXV.—Plato an Imitator of Moses in Framing Laws
Chapter XXVI.—Moses Rightly Called a Divine Legislator, And, Though Inferior to…
Chapter XXVII.—The Law, Even in Correcting and Punishing, Aims at the Good of…
Chapter XXVIII.—The Fourfold Division of the Mosaic Law
Chapter XXIX.—The Greeks But Children Compared With the Hebrews
Elucidations
Book II
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…
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…
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…
Chapter XVI.—How We Are to Explain the Passages of Scripture Which Ascribe to…
Chapter XVII.—On the Various Kinds of Knowledge
Chapter XVIII.—The Mosaic Law the Fountain of All Ethics, and the Source From…
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…
Chapter XXIII.—On Marriage
Elucidations (xxiv)
Book III
Introduction
Elucidations (ii)
Book IV.
Chapter I.—Order of Contents
Chapter II.—The Meaning of the Name Stromata or 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 VII.—The Blessedness of the Martyr
Chapter VIII.—Women as Well as Men, Slaves as Well as Freemen, Candidates for…
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…
Chapter XVII.—Passages From Clement’s Epistle to the Corinthians on Martyrdom
Chapter XVIII.—On Love, and the Repressing of Our Desires
Chap. XIX.—Women as Well as Men Capable of Perfection
Chapter XX.—A Good Wife
Chapter XXI.—Description of the Perfect Man, or Gnostic
Chapter XXIII.—The Same Subject Continued
Elucidations (xxii)
Book V
Chap. I.—On Faith
Chap. 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…
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…
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 Plagiarism From the Hebrews
Elucidations (xv)
Book VI
Chapter I.—Plan
Chapter II.—The Subject of Plagiarisms Resumed. The Greeks Plagiarized From One…
Chapter III.—Plagiarism by the Greeks of the Miracles Related in the Sacred…
Chapter IV.—The Greeks Drew Many of Their Philosophical Tenets From the…
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…
Chapter XII.—Human Nature Possesses an Adaptation for Perfection; The Gnostic…
Chapter XIII.—Degrees of Glory in Heaven Corresponding With the Dignities of…
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
Elucidations (xix)
Book VII
Chapter I.—The Gnostic a True Worshipper of God, and Unjustly Calumniated by…
Chapter II.—The Son the Ruler and Saviour of All
Chapter III.—The Gnostic Aims at the Nearest Likeness Possible to God and His…
Chapter IV.—The Heathens Made Gods Like Themselves, Whence Springs All…
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…
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…
Chapter XIII.—Description of the Gnostic Continued
Chapter XIV.—Description of the Gnostic Furnished by an Exposition of 1 Cor…
Chapter XV.—The Objection to Join the Church on Account of the Diversity of…
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…
Elucidations (xix, 2)
Book VIII
Chapter I.—The Object of Philosophical and Theological Inquiry—The Discovery of…
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 Cause
Elucidations (x)
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