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Clement brings us a rich and stimulating study of Christian thought from the second century AD, in which we find a loyal devotion to Christianity, even if he steps outside of the orthodox tradition. In Christ the Educator, Clement sets down general principles of the idea of paidagogos in our relationship with Christ. Christ is our teacher, and we are but little ones sitting at his feet. The...

redeeming the time.59 In the light of the saying that we are ‘the salt of the earth,’60 it is said: ‘He who blesses his friend with a loud voice in the morning, shall be like to him that curseth.’61 Above everything else, it is necessary to avoid staring at women. It is possible to sin, not only by touching them, but even by looking at them, and one under the guidance of the Educator should flee from sin promptly. (83) ‘Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids nod at just things.’62 Is
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