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Exhortation to the Heathen

Invites pagans to abandon idolatry and receive Christ the Logos as the true teacher and healer of humanity.

Clement of Alexandrialate 2nd century2nd century

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Category
Ante-Nicene Fathers
Genre
Apology
Tradition
Eastern
Region
Alexandria
Original language
Greek
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This text is represented here through direct Greek witness material associated with Clement of Alexandria and its circulation in Alexandria.

Themes

ApologeticsChristian FormationCritique of PaganismConversion

Controversies

  • Polytheism and pagan cult

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Exhortation to the Heathen