The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 1 (of 2)

by Saint of Alexandria Clement

[150] Eph. vi. 14–17.

[151] Isa. lviii. 9.

[152] Odys. xii. 226.

[153] Odys. xii. 184.

[154] 1 Cor. ii. 9.

[155] Eurip. Bacch. 916.

[156] Matt. xi. 28, 29, 30.

[157] Clement here draws a distinction, frequently made by early Christian writers, between the image and likeness of God. Man never loses the image of God; but as the likeness consists in moral resemblance, he may lose it, and he recovers it only when he becomes righteous, holy, and wise.

[158] Ps. lxxxii. 6.

[159] Ps. lxxiii. 1.