Quote by Clement of Alexandria
“C'est-à-dire que vous ne soupçonniez pas qu'il y eût d'autre nourriture que le lait qui est cependant une nourriture aussi substantielle que les autres. Car le Verbe est tour à tour doux et fluide comme le lait, tour à tour 33 compacte et resserré comme les autres aliments. En y réfléchissant bien, nous comparerons le lait à la prédication de la parole divine qui coule et se répand de tous côtés, et la nourriture solide à la foi qui, aidée de l'instruction, devient le fondement inébranlable de toutes nos actions. Par cette nourriture, notre âme se change pour ainsi dire en un corps ferme et solide. Telle est la nourriture dont le Seigneur nous parle dans l'évangile selon saint Jean, lorsqu'il nous dit : « Mangez ma chair et buvez mon sang. » Cette nourriture est l'image évidente de la foi et de la promesse. Par ce breuvage et cet aliment, l'Église, semblable à un homme formé de plusieurs membres, est arrosée et solidifiée. Elle nourrit son corps et son âme : son corps, de foi; son âme, d'espérance. Elle devient comme le Seigneur, qui est un composé de chair et de sang. L'espérance est le sang de la foi, c'est elle qui l'anime et la fait vivre dans notre âme. Détruisez l'espérance, la vie de la foi s'éteint comme celle d'un homme qui perd son sang.”
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His parents were pagans, and Clement was a convert to Christianity. In the Protrepticus he displays an extensive knowledge of Greek mythology and mystery religions, which could only have arisen from the practise of his family's religion.
Having rejected paganism as a young man due to its perceived moral corruption, he travelled in Greece, Asia Minor, Palestine and Egypt. Clement's journeys were primarily a religious undertaking. In Greece, he encountered an Ionian theologian, who has been identified as Athenagoras of Athens; while in the east, he was taught by an Assyrian, sometimes identified with Tatian, and a Jew, who was possibly Theophilus of Caesarea.
In around 180, Clement reached Alexandria, where he met Pantaenus, who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria. Eusebius suggests that Pantaenus was the head of the school, but it is controversial whether the institutions of the school were formalized in this way before the time of Origen. Proponents of a formalized leadership and succession suggest that Clement succeeded Pantaenus as leader of the school, and was succeeded himself by Origen. Clement studied under Pantaenus, and was ordained to the priesthood by Pope Julian before 189. Otherwise, virtually nothing is known of Clement's life in Alexandria. He may have been married, a conjecture supported by his writings. Clement's diet is also unknown, but he said some things that look down upon eating flesh such as, "It is good...neither to eat flesh" and that even the fumes from cooked flesh "darken the soul"; however he said non-vegetarians aren't sinning except in certain circumstances such as those who eat flesh with "gluttony" and he was not opposed to all instances of eating meat.
During the Severian persecutions of 202–203, Clement left Alexandria. In 211, Alexander of Jerusalem wrote a letter commending him to the Church of Antioch, which may imply that Clement was living in in Cappadocia at that time. The date and location of his death are unknown.