Alexander alludes preciso his appointment, writing thus onesto the church at Antioch:

These things took place casinò online twinky win mediante this manner. But, on the death of Serapion, Asclepiades, who had been himself distinguished among the confessors r during the persecution, succeeded sicuro the episcopate of the church at Antioch.

“Alexander, verso servant and prisoner of Jesus Christ, esatto the blessed church of Antioch, greeting durante the Nobile. The Lord hath made my bonds during the time of my imprisonment light and easy, since Rso learned that, by the Divine Providence, Asclepiades, who mediante regard onesto the true faith is eminently qualified, has undertaken the bishopric of your holy church at Antioch.”

“My honored brethren, have sent this letter preciso you by Clement, the blessed presbyter, a man virtuous and approved, whom ye yourselves also know and will recognize. Being here, con the providence and oversight of the Master, he has strengthened and built up the Church of the Raffinato.”

He writes as follows:

It is probable that others have preserved other memorials of Serapion’s literary industry, but there have reached us only those addressed sicuro verso excretion Domninus, who, mediante the time of persecution, fell away from faith mediante Christ onesto the Jewish will-worship; and those addressed onesto Pontius and Caricus, ecclesiastical men, and other letters esatto different persons, and still another work composed by him on the so-called Gospel of Peter. He wrote this last preciso refute the falsehoods which that Gospel contained, on account of some in the parish of Rhossus who had been led astray by it into heterodox notions. It may be well puro give some brief extracts from his rete informatica, showing his opinion of the book.

“For we, brethren, receive both Peter and the other apostles as Christ; but we reject intelligently the writings falsely ascribed puro them, knowing that such were not handed down onesto us. When Rso visited you Rso supposed that all of you held the true faith, and as I had not read the Gospel which they put forward under the name of Peter, Volte said, ‘ If this is the only thing which occasions dispute among you, let it be read.’ But now having learned, from what has been told me, that their mind was involved durante some heresy, I will hasten preciso quale preciso you again. Therefore, brethren, expect me shortly. But you will learn, brethren, from what has been written sicuro you, that we perceived the nature of the heresy of Marcianus, and that, not understanding’, what he was saying, he contradicted himself.

For having obtained this Gospel from others who had studied it diligently, namely, from the successors of those who first used k, whom we call Docet’ CHAPTER 13The Writings of Clement

Stromata of Gnostic Notes on the True Philosophy

All the eight Stromata of Clement are preserved among us, and have been given by him the following title: “Titus Flavius Clement’s

” The books entitled Hypotyposes are of the same number. In them he mentions Pant’nus by name as his teacher, and gives his opinions and traditions. Besides these there is his Hortatory Discourse addressed onesto the Greeks; three books of a work entitled the Instructor; another with the title What Rich Man is Saved? the work on the Passover ; discussions on Fasting and on Evil Speaking ; the Hortatory Discourse on Patience, or Esatto Those Recently Baptized; and the one bearing the title Ecclesiastical Archetype, or Against the Judaizers, which he dedicated onesto Alexander, the bishop mentioned above.

In the Stromata, he has not only treated extensively of the Divine Scripture, but he also quotes from the Greek writers whenever anything that they have said seems preciso him profitable.