The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 2 (of 2) - Saint of Alexandria Clement

Oath, the, avoided by the true Gnostic, ii. [442–444].
Objurgation, i. [168].
Offence, avoiding, ii. [183].
Oil, the use of, i. [234].
Ointments, the use of, not necessary to Christians, i. [230];
varieties of, [232], [239];
render effeminate, [233];
not to be wholly laid aside, [234].
Old age, i. [319].
Old men may drink wine, i. [202].
Old Testament, the Greek translation of, i. [448].
Olive, the wild, ii. [372], [373].
Oracles of divination, i. [26], [27].
Orgies, the Bacchic, i. [27];
derivation of the word, ibid.;
full of imposture and quackery, [28];
of the Corybantes, [30].
Ornamentation, the, of the body, i. [276], etc.;
when permitted, [315].
Ornaments, i. [256];
excessive fondness for, censured, [266];
excuses for wearing, [267];
the true and the false, [268], [269], [271];
Aristophanes’ catalogue, [269], [270];
the love of, [273], etc.
Orpheus, i. [19];
quoted, [30], [31], [73]; ii. [248], [267], [292], [293], [294], [295].
Osiraphis, i. [54].
Osiris, i. [54].
Ox, the, and the bear dwelling together, ii. [333].
Ox, the, and the ass forbidden to be yoked together, ii. [55], [56].
Ὀψοφαγία, i. [194].

Pactolus, the, i. [82].
Pædagogus, the, a prayer to, i. [342];
verses to, [346].
Pædagogy, i. [121], [125].
Παιδάριον, i. [121].
Pain and poverty, contempt for, ii. [148].
Painting the eyes, etc., condemned, i. [277].
Painting the face censured, i. [319].
Palladium, the, i. [53].
Pallas, i. [30].
Pantænus, the teacher of Clement, i. [11];
referred to, [355].
Pantarkes, i. [58].
Panyasis quoted, i. [42].
Parabolic style of Scripture, the, ii. [379].
Parmenides, the Eleatic, quoted, ii. [256], [287], [300].
Passions, the, ii. [37];
how called by Basilides, [64];
to be subdued, [66], [67];
the true Gnostic free from, [346].
Patience or endurance, ii. [60].
Peacemakers, ii. [157].
Pearls, the wearing of, i. [266], [358].
Pearls, casting, before swine, i. [388].
Penitents, ii. [156].
Pentheus, i. [389].
People, the new and the old, i. [128].
Perfection, i. [126], [131], [182];
women as well as men capable of, ii. [193], etc.;
consists in the knowledge and love of God, [212–215];
nature adapted to, [359], etc.;
the Gnostic alone attains, [362–364];
steps to, [446], etc.
Perfect man, the, described, ii. [199–202];
does good for the sake of the good, [202], etc.;
how he treats the body and the things of the world, [215].
Peripatetics, the, i. [68].
Persian kings, the, i. [455].
Persians, the, fire-worshippers, i. [67];
instructors among, [150].
Perturbations of the soul, the true Gnostic free from, ii. [344–348].
Peter, the Preaching of, quoted, i. [470]; ii. [326], [379], [380].
Peter, the story of his wife’s martyrdom, ii. [451], [452].
Petulantia, i. [247].
Phalloi, i. [41].
Phanothea, i. [404].
Phemonoe, i. [424].
Pherecrates, the comic poet, quoted, ii. [427].
Pherecydes quoted, i. [392]; ii. [247].
Pherephatta, i. [29].
Phidias, i. [58].
Philanthropy, ii. [26].
Philanthropy, the, of our Instructor, i. [118].
Philemon, the comic poet, quoted, i. [269], [324]; ii. [294], [423].
Philip of Pella, i. [59].
Philo, his interpretation of Sarah and Hagar, i. [368].
Philolaus quoted, ii. [91].
Philosopher, the, to what he applies himself, ii. [29], [30].
Philosophers, the variety of, respecting God, i. [66–68];
by divine inspiration, sometimes hit on the truth, [69];
objections to extracts from the writings of, answered, [360], [361];
a succession of, in Greece, [391], etc.;
their philosophy Hebraic, [392];
the first so called, ibid.;
thieves and robbers—how? [406];
attained to some truth, [413], ii. [396];
varieties of opinions among, respecting the chief good, [71–74].
Philosophical inquiry, its object, ii. [490].
Philosophy, i. [361];
the handmaid of theology, [366];
what it is, [368], [369];
the eclectic, paves the way to virtue, [374];
that which the apostle bids us shun, [384];
all sections of, contain a germ of truth, [389];
schools of, [392];
the Grecian, derived in great part from the Barbarian, [395];
prepares the way for higher teaching, [405];
a true spark of divine fire in, [409];
how it contributes to the comprehension of divine truth, [418];
the Jewish laws of higher antiquity than, [421], etc.;
given by God, ii. [339–344];
the study of, [366];
an imperfect knowledge of God conveyed by, [395], etc.;
absurdity of those who say it is not from God, [397–399];
given to the Greeks as the law was to the Jews, [399];
use of, to the Gnostic, [402], etc.
Philosophy, the Barbarian, followed by Christians, perfect, ii. [3].
Philosophy, the true, ii. [335–339].
Philydeus, the comic poet, quoted, ii. [248], [249].
Phocylides quoted, ii. [294].
Phœbus, i. [149].
Phœnix, i. [150].
Phoronis, The, quoted, i. [458].
Φῶς and φώς, i. [133].
Φρένωσις, i. [168].
Phryne, the courtesan, i. [58].
Piety, i. [185].
Pigeons to be offered to God, i. [124].
Pilferers, the Greeks, of the Barbarian philosophy, ii. [1];
and of each other, [304], etc.
Pillar of fire, the, i. [458].
Pindar quoted, i. [37], [323], [383], [420], [424], [470]; ii. [162], [282], [295], [299].
Pit, opening a, ii. [253].
Pitch plasters to eradicate hair, censured, ii. [284], [285], [287].
Pittacus, king of Miletus, i. [311].
Plagiarisms, the, of the Greeks, from the Hebrews, ii. [274], etc.;
from one another, [304], etc.
Plants and animals, ii. [497].
Plasters of pitch to eradicate hair, i. [284], [285], [287].
Plato an imitator of Moses, i. [459].
Plato, his view of the chief good, ii. [74–78];
respecting marriage, [89–94];
variously quoted or referred to, i. [69], [70], [71], [198], [248], [254], [314], [378], [382], [385], [395], [396], [397], [414], [443], [469]; ii. [13], [14], [58], [91], [92], [93], [147], [151], [163], [226], [230], [231], [252], [260], [266], [267], [271], [275], [276], [279], [282], [283], [284], [285], [297], [299].
Plato, the comic poet, quoted, ii. [429].
Pleasure, ii. [61], [62], [63];
not a necessity, [67], [68].
Plutus, i. [280].
Poets, the, their testimony to the truth, i. [73–75];
their employment of the symbolic style, ii. [247].
Polemo, the disciple of Xenocrates, cited, i. [76].
Poseidon, i. [66].
Pot, the mark of, not to be left on the ashes, according to Pythagoras, ii. [237].
Praise to God, ii. [216], [217];
and prayer, [426].
Praise and blame, i. [177].
Prayer to the Pædagogus, i. [342].
Prayer, such as employed by the Gnostic, and how it is heard by God, ii. [431], etc.;
the right sort of, [434];
hours of, [435];
the false doctrine of certain heretics respecting, ibid.
Prayer and praise the best sacrifices, ii. [426], etc.
Praxiphanes, i. [404].
Praxiteles, i. [50].
Preaching, the, of Peter, referred to or quoted, i. [470]; ii. [326], [379], [380].
Presbyter, who is a true? ii. [365].
Procreatione liberorum, de, i. [244], etc.
Prodicus, the Ceian sophist, his delineation of vice and virtue, i. [260].
Prophecy, ii. [34];
is full knowledge, [343];
why it employs figurative forms of expression, [380].
Prophet, the, like unto Moses, i. [35].
Prophets, the, the truth to be found in, i. [76–79];
their knowledge, [380];
the antiquity of, [425], [435], [439].
Propriety of conduct, i. [293].
Proserpine, i. [27].
Prosymnus, i. [41].
Proteus, i. [273].
Pruning-hook, the, ii. [341].
Ptolemy Philadelphus, i. [448].
Ptolemy, the priest, referred to, i. [421].
Punishment, the reason and end of divine, ii. [210], [211].
Punishment after death, ii. [275].
Punishment and love reconciled, i. [156], [157];
aims at the good of men, [464].
Punishments and threatenings, i. [306], [307].
Πῦρ, i. [443].
Pure in heart, the, ii. [157].
Purification, i. [91], ii. [263];
a sufficient, [205].
Purple colour in dress forbidden, i. [262].
Pyrrhonism, its self-contradictions, ii. [500].
Pythagoras, his symbols, ii. [236].
Pythagoras referred to or quoted, i. [393], [394], [395], [397]; ii. [54].
Pythagoreans, the, i. [72], [177], [383].
Pythic grasshopper, the, i. [17].

Reason to rule at feasts, i. [204].
Rebecca and Isaac, i. [128], [129].
Redemption through the Word, i. [100–105].
Religion in ordinary life, i. [327].
Repentance, an earnest exhortation to, i. [87], etc.;
the nature of, ii. [17];
first and second, [35–37].
Reproach, i. [157].
Reproof, i. [157], [158], [166], [169].
Reprover, the, i. [172].
Respect of persons, none with God, ii. [340].
Responsibility, the, i. [92].
Revelling, i. [215].
Revenge, i. [160].
Rhetoric, i. [376].
Rich, the believer alone is, i. [298]; ii. [13].
Rich man, the, and Lazarus, i. [15].
Riches, i. [212–214], [298].
Righteous man, the, ii. [285], [331].
Righteousness, true riches, i. [299].
Righteousness, the Sun of, i. [102].
Ring, a, engraven with the images of the gods, prohibited by Pythagoras, ii. [237].
Rings, on the wearing of, i. [315–317].
Robe of the high priests, its symbolic import, ii. [243], [244], [245].
Roman emperors, the, i. [444].
Ῥόμβος, i. [30], note.
Royalty, different kinds of, i. [455], [456].

Sabazian mysteries, the, i. [29].
Sacrifices, the, of the law, ii. [429].
Sacrifices, the, of the heathen to their gods, the absurdity of, ii. [427], etc.
Sacrifices, the cruelty of some of the heathen, i. [48], etc.
Sailing on land forbidden by Pythagoras, ii. [237].
Salvation, i. [82], [132], [382];
one unchangeable gift of, ii. [366].
Sambuca, the, i. [402], and [note].
Samson, i. [321].
Samuel sent to anoint David, i. [281].
Sappho, i. [237].
Sarah, i. [368], [369];
her laughter, ii. [262].
Sardanapalus, i. [322], [323]; ii. [67].
Sarmanæ, i. [399].
Sauromatæ, the, i. [67].
Saved, something greater than being, ii. [367].
Saviour, the, i. [98];
His supreme dignity, ii. [13];
free from human affections, [344];
the Son of God, [410].
Scents, i. [234].
Scripture, the criterion for distinguishing between truth and heresy, ii. [476], etc.
Scriptures, the, i. [82];
the Hebrew, translated into Greek, [375];
human knowledge necessary to the understanding of, [379].
Scythians, the, i. [290].
Seal-rings, i. [315–317].
Sects or schools of philosophy, i. [392].
Seducer, the, i. [23].
Seeing double, an effect of much wine, i. [203].
Seeing God, i. [25], [415].
Self-conceit, the cure of, ii. [480].
Self-restraint or self-control, ii. [48], [61], [454].
Self-sufficiency, Christian, i. [182].
Selling and buying, i. [328].
Sepulchres of the gods, i. [50], [51].
Serapis, i. [54], [424].
Serpent, the, that deceived Eve, i. [23], [100];
why called wise, ii. [396].
Servants, the numerous, pandering to luxury, i. [292].
Sesostris orders a statue of Serapis to be made, i. [54].
Seven, the number, ii. [388–390].
Seventh day, the, ii. [386], [390];
testimonies from heathen authors to, [284], [285].
Shaving, ignoble, i. [285], [317].
Shades and demons, i. [50].
Shechemites, the, i. [283].
Shepherd, Jesus the, i. [149];
the good, [462].
Shoes, what sort to be worn, i. [264], [265].
Sibyl, the, quoted, i. [36], [55], [64], [72], [76], [284], [425]; ii. [90], [285], [288];
her power of divination, i. [398];
others of the name, [425].
Silk and the silk-worm, i. [258].
Similitudes an important part of instruction, i. [304].
Simmias of Rhodes quoted, ii. [249].
Simonides, i. [232].
Simplicity of dress recommended, i. [271].
Sin, irrational, i. [184];
condemned by the Gnostic, ii. [360];
the source of, [482].
Sins, how the Instructor treats our, i. [115];
resulting from voluntary action, ii. [38], etc.
Six, the number, ii. [388].
Sleep, the regulation of, i. [240], etc.;
Christians not to indulge in, as others, [241–243].
Smiling, i. [220].
Sneezing at banquets, i. [229].
Socrates quoted or referred to, i. [393], [414]; ii. [68], [175].
Sodomites, the, i. [306].
Solomon, i. [427], [436].
Solon quoted, i. [49], [50], [362]; ii. [269], [389], [390].
Son, the, the Ruler and Saviour of all, ii. [409], etc.
Son of God, the Instructor, i. [114].
Songs, amatory, prohibited, i. [218].
Songs of praise to God, i. [216].
Sophistical arts useless, i. [376].
Sophistry, i. [376].
Sophists, the, condemned, i. [362], [363].
Sophocles quoted, i. [73], [86], [203], [313]; ii. [141], [234], [286], [287], [291], [294].
Soul, the, the threefold division of, i. [273].
Soul, the pure, an image of God, ii. [417];
of a most excellent temper, [427].
Sow, the, forbidden to be eaten, ii. [251].
Speaking, filthy, i. [222–224].
Spectacles, public, to be discountenanced, i. [326], [327].
Speech, the regulation of, at banquets, i. [228].
Speech and writing compared, i. [351], etc.
Speech, good, inferior to good action, i. [381–383].
Speusippus quoted, ii. [12].
Sphynxes, the Egyptian, their symbolic import, ii. [239], [249].
Sports, divine, i. [128], [129].
Stoics, the, i. [385]; ii. [59].
Stones, the, in the robe of the high priest, ii. [243], [244].
Stones and stocks, silly people, i. [19].
Stromata, the, of Clement, i. [361];
meaning of the word, ii. [140], etc.
Sun, the, and stars, given to the Gentiles to worship, ii. [368].
Superstition, i. [50], [57], [58], ii. [25];
the source of, [421].
Superstitious man, the, described, ii. [422], [423].
Susanna, i. [194].
Swallow, the, of Pythagoras, ii. [236].
Swearing avoided by the Gnostic, ii. [442–444].
Swine, the flesh of, forbidden to the Jews, i. [326], ii. [429].
Swine, casting one’s pearls before, i. [388].
Syllogism and demonstration, ii. [493].
Symbolic style, the, employed by poets and philosophers, ii. [247].
Symbols, the reasons for veiling the truth in, ii. [254].
Symbols, the, of the Egyptians, of sacred things, ii. [245], etc.
Symbols, the, of Pythagoras, ii. [236].
Syrens, the, i. [383].

Tabernacle, the, and its furniture, the mystical meaning of, ii. [240];
and its geometrical proportions, [354].
Table of shew-bread, the, ii. [42];
its geometrical proportions, meaning of, [354].
Tables, the two, of the law, their mystical significance, ii. [383], [385].
Tact, the importance of, in king or general, i. [456], [457].
Tatian referred to, i. [355].
Taxes, ii. [342].
Teaching, motives in, to be examined, i. [352].
Teacher, the, intimations of the advent of, ii. [404].
Teachers of others ought to excel in virtue, ii. [444–446].
Teaching, the, of our Lord, its duration, ii. [486].
Temperance, i. [193], [201], [202], [242]; ii. [248].
Temples, the Egyptian, what they illustrate, i. [276].
Temptation, the, of our Lord, i. [380].
Ten, the number, ii. [383], [384].
Terrors of the law, the, ii. [21].
Thales, i. [394], [395]; ii. [278].
Thamar, i. [369].
Thanksgiving, ii. [436].
Theano referred to or quoted, i. [404]; ii. [159], [195].
Thearidas’ book On Nature quoted, ii. [296], [297].
Theft and falsehood, i. [420].
Theocritus quoted, i. [90].
Theognis quoted, ii. [252].
Theological inquiry, its object, ii. [490].
Theology, philosophy the handmaid to, i. [366].
Theophrastus, i. [68];
quoted, ii. [6].
Thersites, i. [228], [237], [294].
Thespes quoted, i. [404]; ii. [250].
Thrasubulus, i. [457].
Threatening, i. [174].
Thieves and robbers, all who came before Christ were—how? i. [406], etc.
Timæus the Locrian, ii. [288].
Timocles, the poet, quoted, ii. [141], [142].
Timon of Phlius quoted, ii. [227].
Timotheus, i. [403].
Titans, the, and Dionysius, i. [30].
Tombs of the gods, the, i. [50], [51].
Tradition of the church, the, prior to heresies, ii. [485].
Tragedy, its inventors, i. [404].
Training, i. [182], [371].
Translation, the, of the Old Testament out of Hebrew into Greek, i. [448].
Trojan war, the, how caused, i. [282].
Troy, when taken, i. [421].
Truth, i. [18];
poets bear witness to, [73];
found in the prophets, [76], etc.;
and custom contrasted, [98];
a germ of, found in all sects of philosophy, [389];
how philosophy contributes to its comprehension, [418];
is one, ibid.;
four things in which it resides, ii. [8];
the Scripture the criterion for distinguishing between heresy and, [476], etc.
Truth, reasons for veiling the, in symbols, ii. [254], etc., [257].
Truth, the true searcher after, i. [379].
Two tables, the, of the law, the mystical significance of, ii. [283], [285].

Υβρις, i. [247].
Ulysses, i. [241].
Unbelief, i. [462].
Understanding, the human, ii. [340].
Unicorn, the, i. [25].
Unnatural lusts forbidden, i. [248].
Upbraiding, i. [165].
Usury, ii. [50].

Valentinus, quoted, ii. [65];
his vagaries about the abolition of death refuted, [179], etc.;
his work, On the Intercourse of Friends, quoted, [334];
the time of, [486].
Vaphres, i. [436].
Veiling the truth in symbols, reasons for, ii. [254–256];
opinion of the apostles respecting, [257–261].
Veiling the meaning of Scripture, reasons for, ii. [378–382].
Veils, the, of the tabernacle, ii. [240], [244].
Vessels of gold and silver, i. [211];
to be rejected, [302].
Vice and virtue, as delineated by Prodicus, i. [260].
Vine, the, i. [158];
its symbolical character, [200].
Vipers, i. [19].
Virtue, rational, i. [184];
and vice, as delineated by Prodicus, [260];
one, [418].
Virtues, the Christian, their connection, ii. [26–29].
Visitation, i. [167].
Voice from heaven, the, at the baptism of Christ, i. [131].
Voices, the, of birds, i. [244].
Voluntary actions, of different kinds, ii. [38], etc.

Waggery censured, i. [219].
Walking, i. [324].
Washing, the, of the soul, i. [309].
Watching, i. [241].
Water, the natural beverage for the thirsty, i. [200].
Water, the, of the Word, i. [91];
and milk, [147];
regeneration by, [181].
“Way of sinners,” the, ii. [41].
Wealth, i. [212–214], [298];
the love of, [301].
Well trained, the, ii. [262].
White dress recommended, i. [259], [264].
Wife, a, ii. [80].
Wife and husband, both to be equipped for heaven, i. [302];
how to live with each other, [304];
the kiss between, [382].
Wife, a thrifty, i. [321];
a good, ii. [196].
Wills, observances of the Romans respecting, ii. [254].
Wine, to be avoided by boys and girls, i. [201];
when and by whom to be used, [202];
to be taken moderately, [203];
the ill effects of much, [203], [204];
excessive drinking of, condemned, [204–206];
various kinds of, [207];
how Jesus drank, [208].
Wine and milk, i. [147].
Wine-bibber, the, i. [205].
Wisdom, i. [97], [203], [242];
the queen of philosophy, [368];
of the wise to be destroyed, [410];
its nature, ii. [15], [453];
the panacea, [262];
different forms of, [397];
and knowledge, [446].
Wisdom, the, of God, magnified, i. [365].
Wise, the, i. [365].
Wise man, the, ii. [12], [13], [14], [15].
Wolves in sheeps’ clothing, i. [20].
Woman, the thrifty and virtuous, i. [321];
the foolish, [323];
the wise, ii. [196].
Woman’s clothing, men forbidden to wear—why? ii. [49].
Women, married and unmarried, the duty of, in relation to banquets, i. [266];
in regard to dress, [260];
ornaments worn by, described, [269], [270];
externally adorned only, compared to Egyptian temples, [276];
some, fond of dress and extravagance, [277–279];
improper behaviour of, condemned, [293], [294];
employments of, [310];
permitted to adorn themselves to please their husbands, [315], [316];
the Instructor’s orders to, [320];
should clothe themselves with their homemade work, [321];
voluptuous movements of some, [221], [222];
lascivious tricks of, [323];
how they should go to church, [328];
refutation of Carpocrates’ and Epiphanes’ doctrine of a community of, ii. [86–89];
candidates for the martyr’s crown, [165–170];
capable of perfection, illustrious examples of, [193–196].
Women, holy, among the Germans, i. [399].
Word, the, various references to, i. [21], [22], [24], [98], [100], [101], [104], [108], [109], [113], [114], [116], [145], [147], [151], [152], [157], [162], [179], [180], [274], [299], [380], [385].
Word, the, our instructor, i. [113].
Word, water of the, i. [91].
World, the, Moses teaches, was created, ii. [275].
World, the, of thought and of sense, ii. [276].
Written compositions, the value of, i. [349];
and spoken, compared, [351–359].

Xenocrates quoted, ii. [14].
Xenophanes cited, i. [394]; ii. [285], [286].
Xenophon quoted, i. [71]; ii. [62], [285].
Χόρτασμα, i. [179].

Yoking the ox and the ass forbidden, ii. [55], [56].
Young people should absent themselves from banquets, i. [225], [226].