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Exhortation to the Heathen

Clement of Alexandria · c. 195 AD

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Ante-Nicene

A call to pagans to abandon their idols and embrace the true God revealed in Christ, exposing the absurdities of Greek mythology.

Table of Contents

1Exhortation to Abandon the Impious Mysteries of Idolatry for the Adoration of the Divine Word and God the Father2The Absurdity and Impiety of the Heathen Mysteries and Fables About the Birth and Death of Their Gods3The Cruelty of the Sacrifices to the Gods4The Absurdity and Shamefulness of the Images by Which the Gods are Worshipped5The Opinions of the Philosophers Respecting God6By Divine Inspiration Philosophers Sometimes Hit on the Truth7The Poets Also Bear Testimony to the Truth8The True Doctrine is to Be Sought in the Prophets9“That Those Grievously Sin Who Despise or Neglect God’s Gracious Calling.”10Answer to the Objection of the Heathen, that It Was Not Right to Abandon the Customs of Their Fathers11How Great are the Benefits Conferred on Man Through the Advent of Christ12Exhortation to Abandon Their Old Errors and Listen to the Instructions of Christ