On Illustrious Men

38. Clement the presbyter

“Fragmenta (apud Euseb., H.E., V, 13, 2–4, 5, 6–7).” On Marcion, cf. h.e. 4.11 and EEC 22 , 715–17, H. F. Stander. 4. h.e. 5.13.2. Apelles, greatest disciple of Marcion: cf. art., s.v., EECh 1, 54; L. E. Junod, “Les attitudes d’Apelles, disciple de Marcion, à l’égard de l’Ancien Testament,” AugR 22 (1982): 113–33. 5. What Rhodo said about Apelles was, “As to how there was a single source he said that he did not know”; quoted in h.e. 5.13.6–7. 6. h.e. 5.13.8. 7. h.e. 5.13.8. 8. Against the Phrygians, mistakenly assigned to Rhodo by Jerome, who wrongly identifies him with the anonymous anti-Montanist in h.e. 5.16 [CPG 1327]; see EECh 1, 150, art., “Cataphrygians,” V. Zangara. 9. Commodus, 180–192; Severus, 193–211. references Q 1, 225, 272–74, 284 — TLG 1655 — CPG 1300 — DSp 2, 1, 962–63 — EECh 2, 736, E. Peretto — LThK 8, 1280, H. Rahner XXXVIII. CLEMENT THE PRESBYTER lement, a priest of the church of Alexandria,1 a student of Pantaenus, whom we have discussed already,2 after the latter’s death became director of the [catechetical ] school of the church of Alexandria3 and was a master of kathchvsewn, catecheses.4 2. His distinguished volumes, full of erudition and eloquence , both about the divine Scriptures and the vehicle of secular literature,5 are well known. 3. Among them are the following:6 Strwmatei`~, Stromateis, eight books;7 JUpotupwvsewn, Hypotyposeis, eight books;8 Against the Pagans, one book;9 Paidagogos, three books;10 On the Pasch, one book;11 a disquisition, On Fasting,12 and another work, called What Rich Man will be Saved;13 ON ILLUSTRIOUS MEN 61 On Detraction, one book;14 On Ecclesiastical Canons and Against Those who Follow the Error of the Jews, one book, which he dedicated [prosefwvnhsen] in person to Alexander, bishop of Jerusalem.15 4. Besides, in his Stromateis he makes mention of a work of Tatian , Against the Pagans, about which we have already spoken,16 and of a Cronografiva, Chronography, of a certain Cassian,17 a work which I could not find. Among the Jews he also makes mention of one Aristobulus,18 and Demetrius and Eupolemus,19 anti-pagan writers, who, like Josephus,20 had asserted the greater ajrcaiogoniva, antiquity, of Moses and the Jewish race.21 5. From Alexander, bishop of Jerusalem, who later ruled the church with Narcissus,22 there exists a letter directed to the Antiochenes ,23 congratulating them on the ordination of Asclepiades , the confessor.24 At the end of the letter it reads:25 6. “Brethren of the Lord, I send this letter to you by the hand of Clement, the blessed presbyter, a man illustrious and approved , whom you also know and will now know better, who also when he came here in accordance with the providence and overseership of God consolidated and increased the church of the Lord.” 7. It is well known that Origen was his student.26 He lived in the reign of Severus, and of Antoninus, his son. notes 1. Eus., h.e. 5.11.1: Clement is not called a priest by Eusebius. 2. h.e. 5.11.1–2; on Pantaenus cf. DVI 36. 3. h.e. 6.6.1. 4. “and was a master of kathchvsewn, catecheses”: kathchvsewn, magister: EECh 1, 150–51, art., “Catechesis,” F. Cocchini. 5. h.e. 6.13; “the divine Scriptures”: E. Osborn, “La Bible inspiratrice d’une morale chrétienne d’après Clément d’Alexandrie,” in Le monde grec et la Bible, ed. C. Mondésert, 153–70. 6. Eusebius gives the same list at h.e. 6.13. See A. Méhat, “Etat présent des études sur Clément d’Alexandrie. Essai le bilan pour la période 1950–1992,” ANRW II, 27, 2; E. Osborn, “Clement of Alexandria: a review of research, 1958–82,” SecCent 3 (1983): 219–44. 7. Stromata: h.e. 6.13.1 gives full title. See also h.e. 6.6.1. Jerome also knows the Stromata of Origen: cf. Adv. Rufinum 1.18. 62 ST. JEROME 8. h.e. 6.13.2 and 6.14. On JUpotupwvsei", now lost, cf. E. F. Osborn, “Clement of Alexandria’s Hypotyposeis,” JThS 36 (1985): 70; idem, “Clement’s Hypotyposeis: Macarius Revisited,” SecCent 7...