it was never condemned by Christian orthodoxy and was followed, in some form, by the vast majority of church fathers after him. Even Basil of Caesarea, whom Mook labels a literalist who condemns allegory, owes a great debt to Origen and follows him in much of his interpretational approach.36 At times, Mook uses the classification of certain Fathers as allegorists to discredit their teachings on other things. For example, under the heading “The Allegorists,” Clement of Alexandria (ca. 150–ca. 215)