Στρωματεῖς

Stromata (Miscellanies)

AuthorClement of Alexandria

LanguageKoine Greek

Yearc. 198-210

CountryRoman Empire

GenreNonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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The Stromata, a mistake for Stromateis, attributed to Clement of Alexandria, is the third of a trilogy of works regarding the Christian life. The oldest extant manuscripts date to the eleventh century. The work is titled Stromateis ("patchwork”) because it deals with such a variety of matters. It goes further than its two predecessors and aims at the perfection of the Christian life by initiation into complete knowledge. It attempts, on the basis of Scripture and tradition, to give such an account of the Christian faith as shall answer all the demands of learned men, and conduct the student into the innermost realities of his belief.— Wikipedia