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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...

taken upon Himself, as the Educator of little ones, the task of preventing sins against reason. Understand in this light that expression in the Scriptures: ‘For this reason, thus speaks the Lord.…’6 The words that follow describe and condemn some sin that has been committed. The judgment contained in these words is just, for it is as if He were giving notice in the words of the Prophet that, if you had not sinned, He would not have made these threats. The same is true of those other words: ‘For this

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