clement of alexandria quotes

We work while singing, we sail while reciting hymns, we accomplish all other occupations of life while praying. “Since the fact that pleasure is not a good thing is admitted from the fact that certain pleasures are evil, by this reason good appears evil, and evil good. Those who glory in their looks - not in their hearts - dress to please others. For thus it would turn out, which it were impiety to utter, that God sinned in [certain] portions, if the portions are parts of the whole and complementary of the whole; and if not complementary, neither can they be parts. We call martyrdom perfection, not because the man comes to the end of his life as others, but because he has exhibited the perfect work of love.”, “Dès lors, chaque fois que nous l'entendons dire "ta foi t'a sauvé", nous comprenons qu'il ne dit pas tout simplement que seront sauvés ceux qui ont une forme de foi quelconque, quand bien même les oeuvres ne la suivraient pas.”, “We shall understand the mode of purification by confession, and that of contemplation by analysis, advancing by analysis to the first notion, beginning with the properties underlying it; abstracting from the body its physical properties, taking away the dimension of depth, then that of breadth, and then that of length. If, consequently, a self-restraint and righteousness, and whatever qualities are regarded as following them, is the virtue of the male, it belongs to the male alone to be virtuous, and to the woman to be licentious and unjust. Quotes by "St. Clement of Alexandria" Titus Flavius Clemens (c. 150 – c. 215) was a Christian theologian who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria. Is it not that it would have us to be manly, and to be effeminate neither in person and actions, nor in thought and word ? For it would have the man, that devotes himself to the truth, to be masculine both in acts of endurance and patience, in life, conduct, word, and discipline by night and by day; even if the necessity were to occur, of witnessing by the shedding of his blood.”, “Our superintendence in instruction and discipline is the office of the Word, from whom we learn frugality and humility, and all that pertains to love of truth, love of humanity, and love of excellence. And if any one objects to the barbarous language, Anacharsis says, "All the Greeks speak Scythian to me." 'Eat my flesh,' Jesus says, 'and drink my blood.' [...]”, “Those who have castrated themselves from all sin for the sake of the kingdom of heaven, are blessed; they abstain from the world.”, “But the art of sophistry, which the Greeks cultivated, is a fantastic power, which makes false opinions like true by means of words. Clement of Alexandria (2012). The Lord supplies us with these intimate nutrients, he delivers over his flesh and pours out his blood, and nothing is lacking for the growth of his children. Therefore let us repent and pass from ignorance to knowledge, from foolishness to wisdom, from licentiousness to self-control, from injustice to righteousness, from godlessness to God. And the one results from learning and practice, the other from   power and faith. For indeed it is not safe to commit these things to bare faith without reason, since assuredly truth cannot be without reason.”, “For, in a word, if one thinks himself made beautiful by gold, he is inferior to gold; and he that is inferior to gold is not lord of it.”, “And barbarians were inventors not only of philosophy, but almost of every art. Book by Clement of Alexandria, (circa 210). Every day we present the best quotes! 8 quotes from Clement of Alexandria: ‘But the art of sophistry, which the Greeks cultivated, is a fantastic power, which makes false opinions like true b... Home My Books But it is offensive even to say this. And we admit that the same nature exists in every race, and the same virtue. And the Tuscans, neighbours of Italy, were adepts at the art of the Haruspex. The Lord supplies us with these intimate nutrients, he delivers over his flesh and pours out his blood, and nothing is lacking for the growth of his children”, “Above all Christians are not allowed to correct by violence sinful wrongdoings.”, “But by no manner of means are women to be allotted to uncover and exhibit any part of their person, lest both fall,-the men by being excited to look, they by drawing on themselves the eyes of the men.”, “He alone can remit sins who is appointed our Master by the Father of all; He only is able to discern obedience from disobedience.”, “Our whole life can go on in observation of the laws of nature, if we gain dominion over our desires from the beginning and if we do not kill, by various means of a perverse art, the human offspring, born according to the designs of divine providence; for these women who, if order to hide their immorality, use abortive drugs which expel the child completely dead, abort at the same time their own human feelings.”, “Every woman should be filled with shame by the thought that she isa woman.”, “The purified righteous man has become a coin of the Lord, and has the impress of his King stamped upon him.”, “For, in truth, an image is only dead matter shaped by the craftsman's hand. And they invented castanets. And we admit that the same nature exists in every race, and the same virtue. But if there were no difference between man and woman, both would do and suffer the same things. The Sicilians, close to Italy, were the first inventors of the phorminx, which is not much inferior to the lyre. But the mercy of God is rich toward us, who are in no respect related to Him; I say either in our essence or nature, or in the peculiar energy of our essence, but only in our being the work of His will.”, “Above all, men   are beguiled who are either bewitched by pleasure or terrified by fear. Our whole life can go on in observation of the laws of nature, if we gain dominion over our desires from the beginning and if we do not kill, by various means of a perverse art, the human offspring, born according to the designs of divine providence; for these women who, in order to hide their immorality, use abortive drugs which expel the child completely dead, abort at the same time their own human feelings. Goods are called good because they can be used for good: they are instruments for good, in the hands of those who use them properly.” -- Clement of Alexandria, “But those who are ready to toil in the most excellent pursuits, will not desist from the search after truth, till they get the demonstration from the Scriptures themselves.” -- Clement of Alexandria, “If in this life there are so many ways for purification and repentance, how much more should there be after death! There is one river of Truth which receives tributaries from every side. Pregnancy and parturition, accordingly, we say belong to woman, as she is woman, and not as she is a human being. Goods are called good because they can be used for good: they are instruments for good, in the hands of those who use them properly. But God being by nature rich in pity, in consequence of His own goodness, cares for us, though neither portions of Himself, nor by nature His children. For the teaching of piety is a gift, but faith is   grace. It is far better to be happy than to have our bodies act as graveyards to animals. In the time of Semiramis queen of the Assyrians, they relate that linen garments were invented. If, consequently, a self-restraint and righteousness, and whatever qualities are regarded as following them, is the virtue of the male, it belongs to the male alone to be virtuous, and to the woman to be licentious and unjust. As then there is sameness, as far as respects the soul, she will attain to the same virtue ; but as there is difference as respects the peculiar construction of the body, she is destined for child-bearing and housekeeping.”, “For self-control is common to all human beings who have made choice of it.

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