Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Heathen. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 2 (Roberts and Donaldson, 1885), public domain.
Passages · 12
- Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 1 — Exhortation to Abandon the Impious Mysteries of Idolatry for the Adoration of the Divine Word and God the Father. Amphion of Thebes and Arion of Methymna were both minstrels, and both were renowned in story. They are…vatican.va
- Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 2 — The Absurdity and Impiety of the Heathen Mysteries and Fables About the Birth and Death of Their Gods. Explore not then too curiously the shrines of impiety, or the mouths of caverns full of monstrosity, or the…vatican.va
- Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 3 — The Cruelty of the Sacrifices to the Gods. Well, now, let us say in addition, what inhuman demons, and hostile to the human race, your gods were, not only delighting in the insanity of men, but gloating over human…vatican.va
- Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 4 — The Absurdity and Shamefulness of the Images by Which the Gods are Worshipped. If, in addition, I take and set before you for inspection these very images, you will, as you go over them, find how truly silly is the…vatican.va
- Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 5 — The Opinions of the Philosophers Respecting God. Let us then run over, if you choose, the opinions of the philosophers, to which they give boastful utterance, respecting the gods; that we may discover philosophy…vatican.va
- Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 6 — By Divine Inspiration Philosophers Sometimes Hit on the Truth. A great crowd of this description rushes on my mind, introducing, as it were, a terrifying apparition of strange demons, speaking of fabulous and…vatican.va
- Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 7 — The Poets Also Bear Testimony to the Truth. Let poetry also approach to us (for philosophy alone will not suffice): poetry which is wholly occupied with falsehood—which scarcely will make confession of the truth, but…vatican.va
- Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 8 — The True Doctrine is to Be Sought in the Prophets. It is now time, as we have despatched in order the other points, to go to the prophetic Scriptures; for the oracles present us with the appliances necessary for the…vatican.va
- Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 9 — “That Those Grievously Sin Who Despise or Neglect God’s Gracious Calling.”. I could adduce ten thousand Scriptures of which not “one tittle shall pass away,” without being fulfilled; for the mouth of the Lord the…vatican.va
- Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 10 — Answer to the Objection of the Heathen, that It Was Not Right to Abandon the Customs of Their Fathers. But you say it is not creditable to subvert the customs handed down to us from our fathers. And why, then, do we…vatican.va
- Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 11 — How Great are the Benefits Conferred on Man Through the Advent of Christ. Contemplate a little, if agreeable to you, the divine beneficence. The first man, when in Paradise, sported free, because he was the child of…vatican.va
- Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 12 — Exhortation to Abandon Their Old Errors and Listen to the Instructions of Christ. Let us then avoid custom as we would a dangerous headland, or the threatening Charybdis, or the mythic sirens. It chokes man, turns…vatican.va
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Genesis 1:1 · Genesis 1:26 · Exodus 20:4 · Exodus 20:13 · Exodus 20:14 · Exodus 20:15 · Exodus 20:16 · Deuteronomy 6:4 · Deuteronomy 6:5 · Deuteronomy 6:13 · Deuteronomy 25:13 · Deuteronomy 25:15 · Deuteronomy 30:15 · Deuteronomy 32:39 · Psalm 2:10 · Psalm 2:12 · Psalm 4:2 · Psalm 8:3 · Psalm 10:3 · Psalm 19:10 · Psalm 22:22 · Psalm 24:1 · Psalm 33:6 · Psalm 34:8 · Psalm 34:11 · Psalm 58:4 · Psalm 58:5 · Psalm 62:8 · Psalm 70:4 · Psalm 72:9 · Psalm 82:6 · Psalm 95:7 · Psalm 95:8 · Psalm 95:9 · Psalm 95:10 · Psalm 95:11 · Psalm 96:1 · Psalm 96:5 · Proverbs 2:6 · Proverbs 3:11 · Proverbs 6:9 · Proverbs 6:11 · Proverbs 6:23 · Proverbs 8:22 · Isaiah 1:3 · Isaiah 1:19 · Isaiah 1:20 · Isaiah 2:3 · Isaiah 10:10 · Isaiah 10:11 · Isaiah 10:14 · Isaiah 13:10 · Isaiah 40:3 · Isaiah 40:12 · Isaiah 40:18 · Isaiah 40:19 · Isaiah 42:10 · Isaiah 45:19 · Isaiah 45:20 · Isaiah 45:21 · Isaiah 45:22 · Isaiah 45:23 · Isaiah 52:15 · Isaiah 54:1 · Isaiah 54:17 · Isaiah 55:1 · Isaiah 58:9 · Isaiah 63:1 · Isaiah 64:1 · Isaiah 64:2 · Isaiah 66:1 · Jeremiah 8:2 · Jeremiah 10:12 · Jeremiah 23:23 · Jeremiah 31:33 · Jeremiah 31:34 · Ezekiel 32:7 · Joel 2:10 · Joel 2:31 · Amos 4:13 · Zechariah 3:2 · Matthew 3:7 · Matthew 3:9 · Matthew 4:17 · Matthew 5:18 · Matthew 5:28 · Matthew 6:20 · Matthew 6:21 · Matthew 11:27 · Matthew 11:28 · Matthew 11:29 · Matthew 11:30 · Matthew 25:41 · Matthew 25:46 · Luke 3:7 · Luke 3:8 · Luke 6:29 · John 1:1 · John 1:23 · John 3:19 · John 10:9 · Romans 1:21 · Romans 1:23 · Romans 1:25 · Romans 8:17 · 1 Corinthians 2:9 · 1 Corinthians 10:26 · 1 Corinthians 10:28 · Galatians 3:28 · Galatians 4:9 · Ephesians 2:2 · Ephesians 2:3 · Ephesians 2:4 · Ephesians 2:5 · Ephesians 2:12 · Ephesians 4:17 · Ephesians 4:18 · Ephesians 4:19 · Ephesians 5:14 · Ephesians 6:14 · Ephesians 6:15 · Ephesians 6:16 · Ephesians 6:17 · Philippians 2:6 · Philippians 2:7 · Philippians 4:5 · 1 Timothy 4:8 · 1 Timothy 4:10 · 1 Timothy 6:6 · 2 Timothy 3:15 · 2 Timothy 3:16 · 2 Timothy 3:17 · Titus 2:11 · Titus 2:12 · Titus 2:13 · Titus 3:3 · Titus 3:4 · Titus 3:5 · Hebrews 2:11 · Hebrews 8:10 · Hebrews 8:11 · Hebrews 8:12 · Hebrews 12:21 · 1 Peter 2:17