The frequent asking of forgiveness, then, for those things in which we often transgress, is the semblance of repentance,
Clement of Alexandria
The Stromata, Book II
Chapter XIII
Tag: Christian Life
Greek philosophy is partially good and true
For each soul has its own proper nutriment; some growing by knowledge and science, and others feeding on the Hellenic philosophy, the whole of which, like nuts, is not eatable.
Clement of Alexandria
The Stromata, Book I
Chapter I
Abortion recognized as murder
And when we say that those women who use drugs to bring on abortion commit murder, and will have to give an account to God for the abortion, on what principle should we commit murder? For it does not belong to the same person to regard the very fetus in the womb as a created being, and therefore an object of God’s care, and when it has passed into life, to kill it;
Athenagoras of Athens
A Plea for the Christians
Chapter XXXV
Traditions of celibacy in the early Church
For as the husbandman throwing the seed into the ground awaits the harvest, not sowing more upon it, so to us the procreation of children is the measure of our indulgence in appetite. Nay, you would find many among us, both men and women, growing old unmarried, in hope of living in closer communion with God.
Athenagoras of Athens
A Plea for the Christians
Chapter XXXIII
Christians prepare for death
The business of the Christian is nothing else than to be ever preparing for death (μελεπᾷν ἀποθνήσκειν).
Irenaeus of Lyons
Lost Writings
Fragment XI
The home is as important as heaven
What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God.
Martin Luther