The "Platonism" of Clement of Alexandria
@article{Outler1940TheO, title={The "Platonism" of Clement of Alexandria}, author={Albert Cook Outler}, journal={The Journal of Religion}, year={1940}, volume={20}, pages={217 - 240} }
F IRST rate neither as a philosopher nor as a systematic theologian, Clement of Alexandria nevertheless occupies a crucial place in the process of what is often called "the hellenization of Christianity." To the interpretation of this process, involving as it does the propriety of a philosophical theology, much learning and not a little passion have been devoted.' The object of this essay is not, however, to consider this problem as a whole. We are here concerned merely with the examination of…
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