Clement of Alexandria

Biography of Saint Peter After Jesus, Saint Peter is the most known and quoted Apostle in the New Testament. He is mentioned 154 times with the nickname "Petros," "stone", "rock", which is the Greek translation of the Aramaic name Jesus gave him directly, "Kefa". The name Simon is the Greek form adapted to his original Hebrew name, Simeon.  The call of Jesus  It took place on a day like any other day, while Peter was doing

T he Acts of Peter and the letter to Theodore by Clement of Alexandria, plainly demonstrates an ongoing battle within early Christian development and its teachings. Peter’s focus on the devil’s sexual involvement with humanity and how lust had influenced and damaged people’s sexual awareness from the beginning of time, coincides completely with Jesus’ hostility against Satan. Although, outwardly the church condemned Peter’s teaching of ‘celibacy for everyone;’ nevertheless the sanctified reality

Debates on the theological concept of the Divine Mother The 20th century feminist criticism of the systems of “re-presentation” have attempted to expose “the system of power that authorises certain representations while blocking, prohibiting, or invalidating others”.83 Corrington further evaluates that “if this is true for modes of expressing concepts in general, it is even more true for modes of expressing religious concepts”.84 Moreover, summarising Ochshorn 's argument for the expression of such

the New Testament was compiled over a period of many decades. It was first referenced as the “New Testament” by Clement of Alexandria. It is believed that the books that comprise what we know as the New Testament canon were in existence no later than the end of the first century. The included books varied by different sources until the fourth century when the Bishop of Alexandria, Athanasios, included them in a letter to his flock in AD 367. His list was approved by councils at Hippo in AD393

been a lot of controversy over whether philosophy is needed or should be a part of Christianity. An early church father Tertullian said that we only needed the Bible and that we did not need philosophy at all. He said the Bible was enough. Clement of Alexandria believed that Greek philosophy was the handmaid of theology. “…before the advent of the Lord, philosophy was necessary to the Greeks for righteousness. And now it becomes conducive to piety; being a kind of preparatory training to those who

lecture and debate. To earn a certificate from the monastery, the student was required to defeat the professor in a one on one debate, showing they had mastered the material. An integral part of assuring victory was to learn philosophy. Clement of Alexandria said, in On Philosophy, “…philosophy was given to the Greeks directly and primarily, till the Lord should call the

warrant the term “elder.” (Jensen. 477). The author gives internal evidence of the similarities between the Fourth Gospel and 1st John. The evidence includes; A. Similarities in the opening of each book (compare John 1: 1-18 and 1 John 1; 1-4). b. Common phrases in the two books use the word “begotten (John 1:14, 18; 3:16” and “born of God” (John 1:13; 1 John 3:9; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18) C. Similar grammatical and stylistic structure. d. Common theme prominent in both booths such as, love, light, life,

Minor who became the bishop of Lyons, wrote primarily to refute Gnosticism, yet became most notable for his elaboration and development of recapitation soteriology, which was later utilized by Wesley (Leclerc, 2014). Other writers including Clement of Alexandria and Origen were greatly influenced by the stoics, yet affirmed the Christian perfecting that comes from a life entirely devoted to God. Further, Clément’s contributed greatly to Wesley’s understanding of a personal responsibility to one’s own

What are the possible points of agreement and points of tension between different religious schools of thought on the body, in relation to the Holy Spirit? How might Christians respond to these? Introduction Scripture seems to contradict itself with regard to the human body. Sometimes the body is seen as precious, for instance in 1 Cor 6:19-30, and sometimes as a hinderance to unity with Christ, 2 Cor 5:6-8. This seeming ambiguity within scripture has created distinct and conflicting schools of

1. Compare and contrast individualism and collectivism as discussed in Estep: ch. 9. Humans are designed to cultivate both individualism and collectivism – let me explain. Both are good if used appropriately. The problem is when either is used exclusively, to the abandonment of the other. As individuals, humans are expected to grow and mature; a person accepts Christ individually. On the Day of Judgment, humans will be held to account for their actions and behaviors individually. It is this