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Language: en
Pages: 405
Pages: 405
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-06 - Publisher: BRILL
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Language: en
Pages: 404
Pages: 404
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-06 - Publisher: BRILL
The seventh book of the Stromateis is the culmination of Clement of Alexandria's ethic. Introduced as an apology of the piety of the perfect Christian (the 'gno
Language: en
Pages: 385
Pages: 385
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-07 - Publisher: BRILL
The so-called eighth Stromateus (‘liber logicus’) by Clement of Alexandria (d. before 221 C.E.) is an understudied source for ancient philosophy, particular
Language: en
Pages: 432
Pages: 432
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-01-21 - Publisher: OUP Oxford
Deification in the Greek patristic tradition was the fulfilment of the destiny for which humanity was created - not merely salvation from sin but entry into the
Language: en
Pages: 396
Pages: 396
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-12-22 - Publisher: BRILL
From early on, Christians passed down the account of Jesus’s agony at the prospect of his own death and his prayer that the cup should pass from him (Gethsema