Questions tagged [clement-of-alexandria]
Early church father (AD 150–215). Not to be confused with the apostolic father Clement of Rome (d. AD 99), also known as Pope Clement I, or numerous other church leaders.
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From whom or what did Arius learn his theology?
Where did Arius learn his theology? Did he rely on specific theologians that wrote before him? Origen? Clement of Alexandria? Lucian of Antioch? Were his ideas based on the Bible or on Greek ...
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What are the most striking disagreements between Clement of Alexandria and Irenaeus?
What are the most striking disagreements (if any) between Clement of Alexandria and Irenaeus?
The unanimity of the early Church Fathers is something that is often presented as an indisputable fact. ...
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Why did Clement of Alexandria say that the name of Jesus, Iesous, has a Greek origin, not a Hebrew one?
Did Clement of Alexandria actually believe that Jesus was called Iesous in Greek and that it wasn't a translation of the Hebrew?
Wikipedia cites the Catholic Encyclopedia's entry on the Origin of the ...
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Why did Clement and Eusebius believe that Paul was married?
In an answer to a related question (What is the evidence that suggests that the Apostle Paul was married?), I encountered the following quote from Eusebius:
Clement, indeed, whose words we have ...
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