ANTE-NICENE

CHRISTIAN LIBRARY:

TRANSLATIONS OF
THE WRITINGS OF THE FATHERS

DOWN TO A.D. 325.

EDITED BY THE

REV. ALEXANDER ROBERTS, D.D.,

AND

JAMES DONALDSON, LL.D.

VOL. IV.

CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.

VOL. I.

EDINBURGH:
T. AND T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET.

MDCCCLXVII.

MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH,
PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE.

THE WRITINGS
OF
CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.

TRANSLATED BY

THE REV. WILLIAM WILSON, M.A.,

MUSSELBURGH.

EDINBURGH:
T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET.

LONDON: HAMILTON & CO. DUBLIN: JOHN ROBERTSON & CO.

MDCCCLXVII.

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CONTENTS.

		PAGE
Introductory Notice,		11
EXHORTATION TO THE HEATHEN.
CHAP.
I.	Exhortation to abandon the Impious Mysteries of Idolatryfor the Adoration of the Divine Word and God theFather,	17
II.	The Absurdity and Impiety of the Heathen Mysteries andFables about the Birth and Death of their Gods,	26
III.	The Cruelty of the Sacrifices to the Gods,	48
IV.	The Absurdity and Shamefulness of the Images by whichthe Gods are worshipped,	52
V.	The Opinions of the Philosophers respecting God,	66
VI.	By Divine Inspiration Philosophers sometimes hit on theTruth,	69
VII.	The Poets also bear Testimony to the Truth,	73
VIII.	The True Doctrine is to be sought in the Prophets,	76
IX.	That those grievously sin who despise or neglect God’sgracious Calling,	80
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