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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Greek Christian theologian whose writings incorporate elements of Gnosticism and Platonism.
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The only evidence left is a fragment found in a letter from Clement of Alexandria to a young monk in Corinth.
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The only evidence left is a fragment found in a letter from Clement of Alexandria to a young monk in Corinth.
Archive 2005-08-21 2005
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The statement of Clement of Alexandria at an earlier date is open to no ambiguity.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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We are told by Clement of Alexandria that St. John appointed bishops in Asia, and there is no reason for doubting that episcopacy dates back to this period.
The Books of the New Testament Leighton Pullan 1902
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200, Clement of Alexandria reported that certain Egyptian theologians "over curiously" assign, not the year alone, but the day of Christ's birth, placing it on 25 Pachon 20 May in the twenty-eighth year of Augustus, though they did this believing that the ninth month, in which Christ was born, was the ninth of their own calendar.
Archive 2005-12-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2005
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200, Clement of Alexandria reported that certain Egyptian theologians "over curiously" assign, not the year alone, but the day of Christ's birth, placing it on 25 Pachon 20 May in the twenty-eighth year of Augustus, though they did this believing that the ninth month, in which Christ was born, was the ninth of their own calendar.
When was Jesus born? Fr Timothy Matkin 2005
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