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AHOCT - Episode 23 - Clement of Alexandria - Exhortation to the Heathen (Part 1)

A History of Christian Theology

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What Is It Ok, for Us to Take Part In?

Clement says pagan literature is a beautiful and pagan poetry in music, the lyre. Even though there are elements of music and poetry that can lead to false beliefs and false notions it can also be beautiful. In fact, just thinking about it in artistic terms, thinkg about the stuff he's saying in the sense of a song, it seems to me that he is the most beautiful writer that we've come across.

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