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Clement of Alexandria
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Introductory Note to Clement of Alexandria
[1035] [See Exhortation to the Heathen, cap. xi. p. 203, supra.]
[1036] The pædagogus. [This word seems to be used by Clement, with frequent alusion, at least, to its original idea, of one who leads the child to his instructor; which is the true idea, I suppose, in Gal. iii. 24.]
Chapter II.—Our Instructor’s Treatment of Our Sins.
Chapter III.—The Philanthropy of the Instructor.
[1043] Bishop Kaye (Some Account of the Writings and Opinions of Clement of Alexandria, p. 48) translates, “receiving from man that which made man (that on account of which man was made).” But it seems more likely that Clement refers to the ideal man in the divine mind, whom he indentifies elsewhere with the Logos, the ἄνθρωπος ἀπαθής, of whom man was the image. The reader will notice that Clement speaks of man as existing in the divine mind before his creation, and creation is represented by God’s seeing what He had previously within Him merely as a hidden power.
Chapter IV.—Men and Women Alike Under the Instructor’s Charge.
Chapter V.—All Who Walk According to Truth are Children of God.
[1052] [The dignity ascribed to Christian childhood in this chapter is something noteworthy. The Gospel glorifying children, sanctifies marriage, and creates the home.]
[1054] Matt. xxi. 16; Ps. viii. 2.
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