to Jesus Christ as the ultimate picture of humility. Jesus existed as the eternal and preexistent Son of God who is worthy of all honor, majesty, and worship. Nevertheless, he humbled himself to join himself with humanity. Jesus is worthy of the same worship due the Father because Jesus is God just as the Father is God. Clement stated that the Son of God became one with humanity to become the High Priest who would reconcile humanity to God. Although Clement did not examine this theme in detail, he
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