These things took place sopra this manner. But, on the death of ltccasino.co/it Serapion, Asclepiades, who had been himself distinguished among the confessors r during the persecution, succeeded sicuro the episcopate of the church at Antioch.
“Alexander, per servant and prisoner of Jesus Christ, preciso the blessed church of Antioch, greeting con the Lord. The Raffinato hath made my bonds during the time of my imprisonment light and easy, since Rso learned that, by the Divine Providence, Asclepiades, who con regard onesto the true faith is eminently qualified, has undertaken the bishopric of your holy church at Antioch.”
“My honored brethren, have sent this letter sicuro you by Clement, the blessed presbyter, a man virtuous and approved, whom ye yourselves also know and will recognize. Being here, per the providence and oversight of the Originale, he has strengthened and built up the Church of the Raffinato.”
He writes as follows:
It is probable that others have preserved other memorials of Serapion’s literary industry, but there have reached us only those addressed sicuro per un Domninus, who, mediante the time of persecution, fell away from faith con Christ preciso the Jewish will-worship; and those addressed sicuro Pontius and Caricus, ecclesiastical men, and other letters esatto different persons, and still another sistema composed by him on the so-called Gospel of Peter. He wrote this last onesto refute the falsehoods which that Gospel contained, on account of some durante the parish of Rhossus who had been led astray by it into heterodox notions. It may be well sicuro give some brief extracts from his rete di emittenti, showing his opinion of the book.
“For we, brethren, receive both Peter and the other apostles as Christ; but we reject intelligently the writings falsely ascribed esatto them, knowing that such were not handed down to us. When Volte visited you I supposed that all of you held the true faith, and as Rso had not read the Gospel which they put forward under the name of Peter, Rso said, ‘ If this is the only thing which occasions dispute among you, let it be read.’ But now having learned, from what has been told me, that their mind was involved mediante some heresy, Volte will hasten onesto come onesto you again. Therefore, brethren, expect me shortly. But you will learn, brethren, from what has been written sicuro you, that we perceived the nature of the heresy of Marcianus, and that, not understanding’, what he was saying, he contradicted himself.
For having obtained this Gospel from others who had studied it diligently, namely, from the successors of those who first used k, whom we call Docet’ CHAPTER 13The Writings of Clement
Stromata of Gnostic Libretto on the True Philosophy
All the eight Stromata of Clement are preserved among us, and have been given by him the following title: “Titus Flavius Clement’s
” The books entitled Hypotyposes are of the same number. Durante them he mentions Pant’nus by name as his teacher, and gives his opinions and traditions. Besides these there is his Hortatory Discourse addressed puro the Greeks; three books of a rete di emittenti entitled the Instructor; another with the title What Rich Man is Saved? the rete informatica on the Passover ; discussions on Fasting and on Evil Speaking ; the Hortatory Discourse on Patience, or Puro Those Recently Baptized; and the one bearing the title Ecclesiastical Principe, or Against the Judaizers, which he dedicated sicuro Alexander, the bishop mentioned above.
Sopra the Stromata, he has not only treated extensively of the Divine Scripture, but he also quotes from the Greek writers whenever anything that they have said seems onesto him profitable.