Clement of Alexandria I: Protrepticus and Paedagogus

original: "ἀκολουθήσαντα αὐτῷ πόρρωθεν καὶ μεμνημένον τῶν λεχθέντων, ἀναγράψαι τὰ εἰρημένα· ποιήσαντα δέ, τὸ εὐαγγέλιον μεταδοῦναι τοῖς δεομένοις αὐτοῦ· ὅπερ ἐπιγνόντα τὸν Πέτρον προτρεπτικῶς μήτε κωλῦσαι μήτε προτρέψασθαι. τὸν μέντοι Ἰωάννην ἔσχατον, συνιδόντα ὅτι τὰ σωματικὰ ἐν τοῖς εὐαγγελίοις δεδήλωται, προτραπέντα ὑπὸ τῶν γνωρίμων, πνεύματι θεοφορηθͤεντα, πνευματικὸν ποιῆσαι εὐαγγέλιον. τοσαῦτα ὁ Κλήμης." (following him from afar and remembering what was said, [Mark] wrote down the things that were spoken; and having done so, he gave the gospel to those who asked for it; which Peter, knowing this, neither hindered nor encouraged. But John, last of all, perceiving that the bodily facts had been disclosed in the gospels, being encouraged by his acquaintances, and inspired by the Spirit, composed a spiritual gospel. So much from Clement.) Praep. ev. original: "Praeparatio Evangelica" II 2, 64: Clement, the wonderful man, clearly reveals these things in his Protrepticus Exhortation to the Greeks, a man who has experienced everything, yet who turned away from error quite quickly, as one having been redeemed from evils by the saving Word and through evangelical teaching. See also the citations in H. E. original: "Historia Ecclesiastica" I 12, 2; II 1, 3—5; II 9, 2; II 15, 2; II 23, 3; III 23, 5—19; III 29. 30; Praep. ev. II 3, 1—42; 6, 1—10; IV 16, 12 f; IX 6—9; X 2. 6. 12; XI 25; XIII 13. In his Chronicle, Eusebius placed the flowering of Clement in the year of Abraham 2209 (= 193 AD) and noted for the year 2220 of Abraham (= 203 AD): Clement was composing books during these times. See Eusebius, Preface to the Canons, beginning.

Epiphanius, Haer. original: "Haereses" 31, 33, names Clement along with Hippolytus and Irenaeus as opponents of Valentinus. Haer. 32, 6: "Clement also, whom some call an Alexandrian, while others call him an Athenian."

Cyril of Alexandria, C. Jul. original: "Contra Julianum" VI p. 205 Aubert: "For Clement, following the holy apostles in every way, and having heard a great deal of Greek history, says in his Stromateis..." (see Zahn, Suppl. Clem. p. 48). VII p. 231: "Clement mentions this history specifically in the Stromateis (see Strom. I 153), a learned and studious man, who had thoroughly investigated the depth of Greek readings, perhaps as few did before him." X p. 342: "And Clement, a learned man and also a polymath, said this regarding gods and temples (see Protr. 44)."

Theodoret, Haer. fab. original: "Haereticarum fabularum compendium" I 4. 6. 19. 21; III 1, lists Clement among the opponents of heresy.

Socrates, H. E. II 35, calls him, along with Africanus and Origen, "men skilled in all wisdom"; see III 8.

Jerome original: "Hieronymus" De vir. ill. original: "De viris illustribus" 38: "Clement, presbyter of the Alexandrian church, a hearer of Pantaenus, whom we mentioned above, held the ecclesiastical school in Alexandria after his death and was a master of katecheseon catecheses/instruction. His distinguished volumes are extant, full of erudition and eloquence..."