Clement of Alexandria

Christian theologian (c. 150 – c. 215) SaintClement of AlexandriaClement depicted in 1584Church Father, TheologianBornTitus Flavius Clemensc. 147 ADAlexandria or Athens, Roman EmpireDiedc. 215 ADJerusalem, Syria Palaestina, Roman EmpireVenerated inOriental Orthodoxy Anglican CommunionCanonizedPre-congregationFeast4 December (Eastern Catholicism, Anglicanism) 5 December (Episcopal Church, Anglicanism)ControversyRegarded as a heretic by Photius.Catholic cult suppressedc. 1605 by Pope Clement VIIIOther nameClement AlexandrinePhilosophical workEraAncient philosophyPatristic PeriodRegionWestern philosophySchoolMiddle PlatonismAlexandrian schoolInstitutionsCatechetical School of AlexandriaNotable studentsOrigen and AlexanderMain interestsChristian theologyNotable worksProtrepticusPaedagogusStromataNotable ideas Thrones Fallen Nephilim Barnabas authorship Limbo of the Fathers Baptism by fire Part of a series onCatholic philosophy Augustine, Aquinas and Scotus Ethics Cardinal virtues Just price Just war Principle of Double Effect Casuistry Probabilism Natural law Personalism Social teaching Liberation theology Christian humanism Virtue ethics Works of mercy Metaphysics Conceptualism Real