Clement of Alexandria (150-215)

Major works

•          Protreptikos

•          Paedagogos

•          Stromata

•          Hypotyposes

Importance

•          Christian teacher at Alexandria, Egypt

•          First significant representative of Alexandrian theological tradition

•          Positive approach to philosophy which he saw as a “handmaiden” to theology

•          Idea of Logos dominated his thinking

•          Origen was one of his pupils