Contents
- 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)
- Fragments of Clemens Alexandrinus