New Humanists Christian Gnosticism? | Episode LXXXVIII
Clement of Alexandria was one of the many luminaries of the Catechectical School of Alexandria, one of the early church's most distinguished centers of learning and theology. His argument that all truth, whether found in the Bible or in Greek philosophy, issues from a single source, namely Christ, potentially marks him as one of the earliest exemplars of "Christian humanism." But Clement is not without some controversy, including in his attempt to appropriate the label "gnostic" for himself and bring it into harmony with Christianity.
Richard M. Gamble's The Great Tradition: https://amzn.to/3Q4lRnO
New Humanists episode Newman on Knowledge for Its Own Sake, feat. Dr. Robert Jackson: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1791279/episodes/11151960
Clement's Christ the Educator: https://amzn.to/4jR8B4N
Clement's Stromateis: https://amzn.to/43rB9Mr
C.S. Lewis' The Weight of Glory: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780060653200
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