Evil, Freedom, and the Road to Perfection in Clement of Alexandria (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae)

210 Pages·1999·14.4 MB·English

by  Peter Karavites

EVIL, FREEDOM, AND THE ROAD TO PERFECTION
IN CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA
SUPPLEMENTS TO
VIGILIAE CHRISTIANAE
Formerly Philosophia Patrum
TEXTS AND STUDIES OF EARLY CHRISTIAN LIFE
AND LANGUAGE
EDITORS
J. DEN BOEFT — R. VAN DEN BROEK — W.L. PETERSEN
D.T. RUNIA — J.C.M. VAN WINDEN
V O L U ME XLIII
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EVIL, FREEDOM,
AND THE ROAD TO PERFECTION
IN CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA
BY
PETER (PANAYIOTIS) KARAVITES
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BRILL
LEIDEN · BOSTON · KÖLN
1999
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Karavites, Peter.
Evil—freedom—and the road to perfection in Clement of Alexandria.
/ by Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites.
p. cm. — (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, ISSN
0920-623X ; v. 43)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9004112383 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Clement, of Alexandria, Saint, ca. I50־ca. 215. 2. Theodicy—
History of doctrines—Early church, ca. 30-600. 3. Good and evil—
History of doctrines—Early church, ca. 30-600. 4. Freedom
(Theology)—History of doctrines—Early church, ca. 30-600.
5. Perfection—Religious aspects—Christianity—History of
doctrines—Early church, ca. 30-600. I. Title. II. Series.
BT160.K37 1998
231'.8'092—dc21 98-42663
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Vol.43. Karavites, Peter: Evil - freedom - and the road to perfection
in Clement of Alexandria. - 1998
Karavites, Peter:
Evil—freedom—and the road to perfection in Clement of
Alexandria / by Peter (Panayiotis) Karavites. - Leiden ; Boston ;
Köln : Brill, 1998
(Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; Vol. 43)
ISBN 90-04-11238-3
ISSN 0920-623X
ISBN 90 04 11238 3
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
I. Evil: Its Antecedents and Clement's Views
II. God's Righteousness
III. Sexuality and Evil
IV. Freedom of the Will
V. Clement's Gnostic
VI. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

ABBREVIATIONS
BEP Bibliothêkê Hellênôn Paterôn, Constantine Bonis (ed.) (Athens, no
date).
BKV Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, Ο. Bardenhwer, Τ. Schermann, C.
Weyman, Kempten, (eds.) (München 1911—)
CSEL Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (Vienna, 1866־)
CAF Comicorum Atticorum Fragmenta, Theodore Koch, 3 vols. (Leipzig,
1883).
Diels Die Fragmente der vorsokratiker, Diels H. and W. Kranz (Weidmann,
1974).
FHG Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum, Müller, Karl (ed.) 4 vols. (Paris,
1851).
FPhGr Fragmenta Philosophorum Graecorum, Mullach, F.G.A. (ed.), (Paris,
1881).
GCS Die greichischen Christlichen Schrifsteller der estern Jahrhunderte
(Berlin, 1897--).
Die Fragmente zur Dialektik der Stoiker, Husler, Karlheinz, 4 vols.
(Stuttgart, 1987).
HSCP Harvard Studies in Classical Philology
JHS Journal of Hellenic Studies.
A.A. Long and D.N. Sedley, The Hellenistic Philosophers (Cambridge
Long and Sedley Univ. Press, 1987) 2 vols.
Sources Chrétiennes (Paris, 1942 —).
SC Stählin, Ο., Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der esten drei
Jahrhunderte, vols, 12, 52 (15), 17, 39 (Leipzig, 1905-60), referred to
also in abbreviated form as GCS.
Stählin, O., Des Clements von Alexandreia ausgewehlte Schriften aus
den griechischen übersetzt (Münich, 1934).
SVF Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta, repr. of the Teubnered. In Dubuque,
Iowa, no year.
TG F Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta, Nauck, Augustus (ed.)
(Hildesheim, 1964).
TGF Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta, Richard Kannich, Stefan Radt,
Bruno, Snell (eds.) (Göttingen, 1981).
ThHE Θρησκευτική και Ηθική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια.
TWNT Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament
ZNTW Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der
älteren Kirche.