Clement of Alexandria | |
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 Clement depicted in 1584 | |
| Church Father, Theologian | |
| Born | Titus Flavius Clemens c. 150 AD Athens, Achaia, Roman Empire |
| Died | c. 215 AD Jerusalem, Syria Palaestina, Roman Empire |
| Venerated in | Oriental Orthodoxy Eastern Catholicism Anglican Communion |
| Canonized | Pre-congregation |
| Feast | 4 December (Eastern Catholicism, Anglicanism) 5 December (Episcopal Church, Anglicanism) |
| Controversy | Regarded as a heretic by Photius. |
Catholic cult suppressed | c. 1605 by Pope Clement VIII |
Philosophy career | |
| Other names | Clement Alexandrine |
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| Era | |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | |
| Institutions | Catechetical School of Alexandria |
| Notable students | Origen and Alexander |
Main interests | Christian theology |
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Titus Flavius Clemens, also known as Clement of Alexandria (Ancient Greek: Κλήμης ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; c. 150 – c. 215 AD),[4] was a Christian theologian and philosopher who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria. Among his pupils were Origen and Alexander of Jerusalem. A convert to Christianity, he was an educated man who was familiar with classical Greek philosophy and literature. As his three major works demonstrate, Clement was influenced by Hellenistic philosophy to a greater extent than any other Christian thinker of his time, and in particular, by Plato and the Stoics.[5] His secret works, which exist only in fragments, suggest that he was familiar with pre-Christian Jewish esotericism and Gnosticism as well. In one of his works he argued that Greek philosophy had its origin among non-Greeks, claiming that both Plato and Pythagoras were taught by Egyptian scholars.[6]
Clement is usually regarded as a Church Father. He is venerated as a saint in Coptic Christianity, Eastern Catholicism, Ethiopian Christianity, and Anglicanism. He was revered in Western Catholicism until 1586, when his name was removed from the Roman Martyrology by Pope Sixtus V on the advice of Baronius. The Eastern Orthodox Church officially stopped any veneration of Clement of Alexandria in the 10th century.[citation needed] Nonetheless, he is still sometimes referred to as "Saint Clement of Alexandria" by both Eastern Orthodox[7] and Catholic[8] authors.
- ^ Bromiley, Geoffrey William, ed. (October 29, 1979). The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Wm. B. Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-80283781-3. Archived from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Clement of Alexandria. "VI". Stromata. Vol. 6. Early Christian writings. Archived from the original on 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
- ^ Van Den Hoek, A. (1988) Clement of Alexandria and his Use of Philo in the Stromateis. An Early Christian reshaping of a Jewish model, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 3, Leiden.
- ^ Buell (1999), p. 10.
- ^ Outler (1940), p. 217.
- ^ Press (2003), p. 83.
- ^ Ware, The Orthodox Church, 340; De Young, The Religion of the Apostles, 44; Spark, The Orthodox Study Bible, 1800.
- ^ Akin, The Fathers Know Best, 45, 52, 61, 73, 93, 141, 224, 354.