Pantaenus
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Pantaenus the Philosopher was a Sicilian theologian and a significant figure in the Catechetical School of Alexandria from around AD 180. This school was the earliest catechetical school, and became i
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Clement of Alexandria
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Titus Flavius Clemens, also known as Clement of Alexandria, was a Christian theologian and philosopher who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria. Among his pupils were Origen and Alexander o
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…He was a native of Sicily. He converted to the Christian faith, and sought to reconcile his new faith with Greek philosophy. His most famous student, Clement, who was his successor as head of the Catechetical School, described Pantaenus as "the Sicilian bee". Although no writings by Pantaenus are extant, his…
Clement depicted in 1584
The Orphic mysteries are used as an example of the false cults of Greek paganism in the Protrepticus.
Christ, the Logos incarnate, is the Paedagogus of the work's title.
Clement describes the Stromata as a work on various subjects that spring up in the text like flowers in a meadow.