Teacher at Alexandria · c. 150 – c. 215
Clement of Alexandria
A Christian teacher in Alexandria who tried to show that Greek learning could serve the faith. His three linked books, the Exhortation, the Instructor and the Stromata, lead a reader from pagan error to Christian living and knowledge.
Writings
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Exhortation · 12 parts
Exhortation to the Heathen
A call to leave the myths and mysteries of the Greeks for the Word who teaches, in Clement’s learned and lively style.
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Instruction · 3 parts
The Paedagogus (The Instructor)
Christ the Word as tutor of his children: how Christians should eat, drink, dress and live.
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Miscellany · 8 parts
The Stromata
Clement’s patchwork of notes on faith, philosophy, martyrdom and the true Christian ‘gnostic’, in eight books.
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Sermon
Who Is the Rich Man That Shall Be Saved?
A homily on the rich young ruler: wealth is not condemned, but the love of it is.
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Collection
Other Writings
Letters, homilies, sermons, commentaries, fragments and shorter pieces by Clement of Alexandria that are not published as books, in the order of the New Advent collection.
Image: drawn in the site’s engraved style from “Clement alexandrin” (André Thevet (1584)), public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
