ANTE-NICENE CHRISTIAN LIBRARY: _TRANSLATIONS OF THE WRITINGS OF THE FATHERS DOWN TO A.D. 325._ EDITED BY THE REV. ALEXANDER ROBERTS, D.D., AND JAMES DONALDSON, LL.D. VOL. IV. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA. VOL. I. EDINBURGH: T. AND T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET. MDCCCLXVII. MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH, PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE. THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA. TRANSLATED BY THE REV. WILLIAM WILSON, M.A., MUSSELBURGH. EDINBURGH: T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET. LONDON: HAMILTON & CO. DUBLIN: JOHN ROBERTSON & CO. MDCCCLXVII. CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTORY NOTICE, 11 EXHORTATION TO THE HEATHEN. CHAP. I. Exhortation to abandon the Impious Mysteries of Idolatry for the Adoration of the Divine Word and God the Father, 17 II. The Absurdity and Impiety of the Heathen Mysteries and Fables about the Birth and Death of their Gods, 26 III. The Cruelty of the Sacrifices to the Gods, 48 IV. The Absurdity and Shamefulness of the Images by which the Gods are worshipped, 52 V. The Opinions of the Philosophers respecting God, 66 VI. By Divine Inspiration Philosophers sometimes hit on the Truth, 69 VII. The Poets also bear Testimony to the Truth, 73 VIII. The True Doctrine is to be sought in the Prophets, 76 IX. That those grievously sin who despise or neglect God’s gracious Calling, 80 X. Answer to the Objection of the Heathen, that it was not right to abandon the Customs of their Fathers, 85 XI. How great are the Benefits conferred on Man through the Advent of Christ, 100