ORDER OF SUBJECTS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME
CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA. Historical and literary notice on Clement of Alexandria. 9 Monitor to the reader. 27 Testimonies of the ancients. 55
EXHORTATION TO THE GENTILES BY CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.
A CAP. I. — Calling men away from the orgies and impious mysteries of idols, he invites them to the true jubilation in the name of the Word of God, and exhorts them to the praises of God the Father for the truth revealed. 49 CAP. II. — He shows the absurdity as well as the impiety of the ethnic mysteries, and of the fables concerning the birth of their gods, and their end. 67 CAP. III. — He touches upon the cruelty and savageness of those who sacrifice to the gods. 125 CAP. IV. — [He shows] how absurd and base are the idols with which they worship their gods. 135 CAP. V. — He reviews the sentiments of the philosophers concerning God. 163 CAP. VI. — That philosophers sometimes, by His inspiration, have touched upon the truth in this argument. 171 CAP. VII. — That poets also bear testimony to the truth. 179 CAP. VIII. — That the true doctrine concerning God is to be sought from the prophets. 185 CAP. IX. — That they sin gravely who spurn or neglect the benign calling of God. 191 CAP. X. — Responding to the objection of the Gentiles, who used to say that it was a sin to desert ancestral custom, he exhorts them the more earnestly to embrace the truth, by which they may be freed from these errors. 201 CAP. XI. — How great are the benefits of God conferred upon men through the advent of Christ. 227 CAP. XII. — He exhorts them that, having abandoned their former errors and desires, they should offer themselves to be instructed by Christ, the only teacher of truth. 257
THE PEDAGOGUE. Chapters of the first book. 247
BOOK ONE.
CAP. I. — What the Pedagogue professes. 249 CAP. II. — That He moderates us on account of our sins, as a Pedagogue. 251 CAP. III. — That the Pedagogue is benign and a lover of men. 257 CAP. IV. — That the Word is the Pedagogue of men and women equally. 259 CAP. V. — That all who concern themselves with the truth are children before God. 262 CAP. VI. — Against those who think that the appellation of children and infants signifies the teaching of primary disciplines. 279 CAP. VII. — What the Pedagogue is, and concerning His pedagogy. 311 CAP. VIII. — Against those who think that what is just is not good. 326 CAP. IX. — That it belongs to the same power both to do good and to punish justly; in which it is also stated what is the mode of the pedagogy of the Word. 339 CAP. X. — That the same God, through the same Word, both restrains from sins, threatening, and grants salvation to human nature, exhorting. 355 CAP. XI. — That the Word has performed the office of a pedagogue through the law and the prophets. 365 CAP. XII. — That the Pedagogue has used severity and benignity in a manner fitting to paternal affection. 367 CAP. XIII. — That just as that which is done rightly and out of virtue happens according to right reason; so, on the other hand, sin [happens] contrary to reason. 371 Chapters of the second book. 377
BOOK TWO.
CAP. I. — How one ought to conduct oneself regarding food. 378 CAP. II. — How one ought to conduct oneself in drink. 410 CAP. III. — That one should not apply oneself to the sumptuosity of vessel-furniture. 451 CAP. IV. — How one ought to refresh oneself at banquets. 459 CAP. V. — On laughter. 445 CAP. VI. — On foul speech. 451 CAP. VII. — What things those who live together honestly ought to observe. 455 CAP. VIII. — Whether one ought to use unguents and crowns. 466 CAP. IX. — How one ought to conduct oneself in sleep. 490 CAP. X. — What things are to be treated concerning the procreation of children. 498 CAP. XI. — On footwear. 533 CAP. XII. — That one ought not to be amazed at and admire gems and golden ornamentation. 559 Chapters of the third book. 553
BOOK THREE.
CAP. I. — On true beauty. 555 CAP. II. — That one should not use ornamentation. 559 CAP. III. — Against men who cultivate [their] appearance. 578 CAP. IV. — With whom one ought to have acquaintance. 591 CAP. V. — How one ought to conduct oneself in baths. 599 CAP. VI. — That the Christian alone is rich. 603 CAP. VII. — That frugality is a beautiful provision for a Christian. 607 CAP. VIII. — That likenesses and examples are the greatest part of right doctrine. 611 CAP. IX. — For what cause the bath is to be approached. 618 CAP. X. — That exercises are also to be chosen for those who lead a life consentient to reason. 619 CAP. XI. — A compendious treatment of a life of excellence. 626 CAP. XII. — A brief treatment of a life of excellence, likewise, and how many places of Holy Scripture describe the life of Christians. 665 Hymn of Christ, the Savior, composed by Saint Clement. 682 On the Pedagogue. 683
STROMATA.
BOOK ONE.
CAP. I. — The author sets forth his purpose and shows how much utility writers confer upon their readers. 685 CAP. II. — He meets the objection of certain people who complain that he inserts so many things taken from philosophy into his books. 709 CAP. III. — Against the sophists and the boasters of useless knowledge. 711 CAP. IV. — That human arts, no less than the knowledge of divine things, have proceeded from God. 713