Chapter I: Front Matter

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.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

INTRODUCTORY NOTICE, 11

EXHORTATION TO THE HEATHEN.

CHAP.

I. Exhortation to abandon the Impious Mysteries of
Idolatry for the Adoration of the Divine Word
and God the Father, 17

II. The Absurdity and Impiety of the Heathen
Mysteries and Fables 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
which the Gods are worshipped, 52

V. The Opinions of the Philosophers respecting God, 66

VI. By Divine Inspiration Philosophers sometimes hit
on the Truth, 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’s gracious Calling, 80

X. Answer to the Objection of the Heathen, that it
was not right to abandon the Customs of their
Fathers, 85

XI. How great are the Benefits conferred on Man
through the Advent of Christ, 100

XII. Exhortation to abandon their Old Errors and
listen to the Instructions of Christ, 106

THE INSTRUCTOR.