Ante-Nicene Fathers (Volume 2) - XIX - Book 6 of 'The stromata or miscellanies' commenced

Required reading
Ante-Nicene Fathers (Volume 2) (Available from Amazon or free here) - Book 6 of 'The stromata or miscellanies' by reading Chapters 1 to 8.

My summary
Today Clement firstly discusses how the Greeks have plagiarised from:
(i) one another;
(ii) the Hebrews;
(iii) Egyptians;
(iv) Indians.

Secondly Clement teaches that the Greeks had some knowledge of the true God.

Thirdly Clement explains that gospel was preached in Hades, primarily based on 1 Peter 3.

Fourthly Clement talks about what philosophy is.

What grabbed me
I'm not sure about Clement's regular hobby horse about Greek plagiarism.

For example, Clement suggests that because both the Greeks and Hebrews attribute natural disasters to divine powers, the Greeks must have plagiarised: 'Well, the Greeks, when once a drought had wasted Greece for a protracted period, and a dearth of the fruits of the earth ensued, it is said, those that survived of them, having, because of the famine, come as suppliants to Delphi, asked the Pythian priestess how they should be released from the calamity. She announced that the only help in their distress was, that they should avail themselves of the prayers of Æacus. Prevailed on by them, Æacus, ascending the Hellenic hill, and stretching out pure hands to heaven, and invoking the common God, besought him to pity wasted Greece. And as he prayed, thunder sounded, out of the usual course of things, and the whole surrounding atmosphere was covered with clouds. And impetuous and continued rains, bursting down, filled the whole region. The result was a copious and rich fertility wrought by the husbandry of the prayers of Æacus.

“And Samuel called on the Lord,” it is said, “and the Lord gave forth His voice, and rain in the day of harvest.” Do you see that “He who sendeth His rain on the just and on the unjust” by the subject powers is the one God? And the whole of our Scripture is full of instances of God, in reference to the prayers of the just, hearing and performing each one of their petitions. '

I don't think that proves much.

Next week's reading
Conclude Book 6 of 'The stromata or miscellanies'.

Now it's your turn
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