July 20, 2013

Ante-Nicene Fathers (Volume 2) - XXIII - Fragments of Clements Alexandrius

Required reading
Ante-Nicene Fathers (Volume 2) (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read the 'Fragments of Clements Alexandrius'.

My summary
Today's reading is a collection of small amounts of material written by Clement and then quoted in the writings of others.

A lot of it is commentary on the Scriptures, including:
(i) 1 Peter;
(ii) Jude;
(iii) 1 John;
(iv) 2 John;
(v) Job;
(vi) Luke;
(vii) 1 Corinthians;
(viii) 2 Corinthians;
(ix) Galatians;
(x) Matthew.

What grabbed me

Bit of a difficult reading due to its hotchpotch nature.

But I thought this was a good statement about Christ: 'There was; then, a Word importing an unbeginning eternity; as also the Word itself, that is, the Son of God, who being, by equality of substance, one with the Father, is eternal and uncreate.'

Jesus Christ is most definitely eternal.

Next week's reading
Read the Clemens Alexandrinus on the 'Salvation of the rich man'.


Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.

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