Alexander alludes esatto his appointment, writing thus puro the church at Antioch:

These things took place con this manner. But, on the death of Serapion, Asclepiades, who had been himself distinguished among the confessors r during the persecution, succeeded esatto the episcopate of the church at Antioch.

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

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

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 a indivisible Domninus, who, in the time of persecution, fell away from faith per Christ onesto the Jewish will-worship; and those addressed onesto Pontius and Caricus, ecclesiastical men, and other letters onesto different persons, and still another rete informatica composed by him on the so-called Gospel of Peter. He wrote this last to 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 preciso give some brief extracts from his sistema, 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 sicuro them, knowing that such were not handed down sicuro us. When I 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 in some heresy, Volte will hasten onesto ad esempio preciso you again. Therefore, brethren, expect me shortly. But you will learn, brethren, from what has been written esatto 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 Libretto 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 esatto the Greeks; three books of a work entitled the Instructor; another with the title What Rich Man is Saved? the sistema on the Passover ; discussions on Fasting and on Evil Speaking ; the Hortatory Discourse on Patience, or Preciso Those Recently Baptized; and the one bearing the title Ecclesiastical Canon, or Against the Judaizers, which he dedicated to Alexander, the bishop mentioned above.

Durante 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 sicuro him profitable.