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	Clement of Alexandria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clement of Alexandria (Titus Flavius Clemens), was the first member of the Church of Alexandria to be more than a name, and one of its most distinguished teachers.
		He became the colleague of Pantaenus, the head of the catechetical school of Alexandria, and finally succeeded him in the direction of the school.
		"The Stromata, or Miscellenaries", by Clement of Alexandria
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clement_of_Alexandria (1754 words)

	Coptic Christianity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Founded around 190 by the scholar Pantanaeus, the school of Alexandria became an important institution of religious learning, where students were taught by scholars such as Athenagoras, Clement, Didymus, and the great Origen, who was considered the father of theology and who was also active in the field of commentary and comparative Biblical studies.
		The Coptic Church regarded that the ousting of Pope Dioscorus of Alexandria in the council of Chalcedon was in part due to the rivalry between the Bishops of Alexandria and Rome.
		The current Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of the Holy See of Saint Mark is Pope Shenouda III (his title should not be confused with that of the Roman Catholic Pope).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coptic_Christianity (3410 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Clement of Alexandria
		Clement was an early Greek theologian and head of the catechetical school of Alexandria.
		Alexandria was, in addition, one of the chief seats of that peculiar mixed pagan and Christian speculation known as Gnosticism.
		At an uncertain date, in the latter half of the second century, "a school of oral instruction" was founded.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04045a.htm (2871 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Heron of Alexandria HERON OF ALEXANDRIA [Heron of Alexandria] or Hero, mathematician and inventor.
		He studied and taught at the catechetical school in Alexandria until the persecution of 202.
		Hypsicles of Alexandria HYPSICLES OF ALEXANDRIA [Hypsicles of Alexandria], astronomer of ancient Greece.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/00324.html (505 words)

	Origen of Alexandria
		Alexandria was host to Philo, one of the greatest Jewish philosophers and a contemporary of Christ, who taught that the philosophy of Pythagoras and Plato could be found in the Hebrew Scriptures, which he interpreted allegorically.
		It attempted to compete with and rival the school of Philo, the NeoPlatonic school, and the schools of Christian Gnosis.
		Clement's catechetical esoteric tradition, so he declared, was alone authentic and represented the tradition of the "church." Thus the Catechetical School and the ChristianGnostic Schools both claimed authenticity.
	essenes.net /OrigenOfAlexandria.html (7861 words)

	Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-211 AD): Life, Works, Thought and Resources - ReligionFacts
		Clement of Alexandria was one of the major Greek-speaking thinkers of the early church.
		Valentine, Carpocrates, and Basilides went out from Alexandria to establish their dissident sects, a circumstance which alone implies that, already in the middle of the second century, the intellectual activity there was intense.
		In this school not only were the elements of faith explained to the catechumens, but a more substantial theological teaching was given to those Christians desirous of learning, and the grounds of Catholic belief were discussed even before pagans.
	www.religionfacts.com /christianity/people/clement_alexandria.htm (2055 words)

	A History of Christianity in Egypt - The Theologians
		The oldest school of Christian religion in the world, it was founded around AD 190 by the scholar Pantaenus, who became its first dean.
		Alexandria had always been on the forefront of great thought, and with the Didascalia, it had moved into the sphere of religious thinking.
		According to tradition, Saint Mark founded the original Christian school as a tool for instructing new converts, and it was this school that Pantaenus expanded on to create his Didascalia.
	www.touregypt.net /chiste2.htm (1000 words)

	ATHANASIUS, St, Bishop of Alexandria
		He was, no doubt, a student in the "Didascaleion," or famous "catechetical school " of Alexandria, which included amongst its already illustrious teachers the names of Clement and Origen.
		7) that, on his return to Alexandria, "the people ran in crowds to see his face; the churches were full of rejoicing; thanksgivings were offered up everywhere; the ministers and clergy thought the day the happiest in their lives." But this period of happiness was destined to be short-lived.
		But the intrigues of the Arian or court party were soon renewed against him, and the feeble emperor, who had protested that he would never again listen to their accusations, was gradually stimulated to new hostilities.
	www.ccel.org /a/athanasius/athanasius-EB.html (2347 words)

	Alexandrian Theology, Clement of Alexandria
		He was probably born in Athens, Greece, and was educated at the catechetical school in Alexandria, where he studied under the Christian philosopher Pantaenus.
		Bradley, "The Transfiguration of the Stoic Ethic in Clement of Alexandria," Aug 14:41-66; J. Ferguson, "The Achievement of Clement of Alexandria," RelS 12:59-80.
		Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria (247-65), sympathized with this party and declared the Logos to be a creation of the Father, but the future in Alexandria belonged to the opposite wing, which emphasized the divine attributes of the Logos.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txn/alexandr.htm (1753 words)

	Chapter 9 - Pantaenus and Clement
		Alexandria continued to decline until the discovery of the route to the East in 1497 ruined its commerce, and it sank to a population of 6,000.
		West of Alexandria the influence of the Latins, Tertullian, Cyprian, Minucius Felix and Augustine prevailed, and their type of Christianity was warped and developed by the influence of Roman law.
		Under God, the agency that gave Christianity its standing and wonderful progress during the first three centuries, was the Catechetical school of Alexandria, and the saintly scholars and Christian philosophers who immortalized the famous city that was the scene of their labors.
	hellbusters.8m.com /upd9.html (4545 words)

	The Coptic Orthodox Church
		The Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria was deposed and exiled by the Western civil and ecclesiastical authorities.
		Cyrus was reinstated by Byzantia as governor of Alexandria.
		Youth movement and Sunday Schools have been working with great zeal to help both children and their parents to live in the world but not to be of the world.
	www.stmarkcoccleveland.org /copticchurch.html (5722 words)

	Coptic Centre, UK
		He was ordained Patriarch of Alexandria in 328 AD, and shepherded the Church for forty-six years, seventeen of which he spent in exile on account of his vigorous opposition to the spreading of Arianism, which had the support of certain emperors.
		The Christian School began as a catechetical school where candidates were admitted to learn the Christian Faith, along with some Biblical studies to qualify for baptism.
		Saint John Cassian said that the traveller from Alexandria in the North to Luxor in the South, would have in his ears along the whole journey, the sounds of prayers and hymns of the monks, scattered in the desert, from the monasteries and from the caves, from monks, hermits and anchorites.
	www.copticcentre.com /three.html (3241 words)

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		He assumed, of his own accord, the direction of the catechetical school, on the withdrawal of Clement, and in the following year was confirmed in his office by the patriarch D emetrius (Eusebius, "Hist.
		Origen's school, which was frequented by pagans, soon became a nursery of neophytes, confessors, and martyrs.
		Frequenting the philosophic schools, e specially that of Ammonius Saccas, he devoted himself to a study of the philosophers, particularly Plato and the Stoics.
	oplnk.net /~ajackson/efm_class/c3-6.rtf (2854 words)

	The Copts and Christian Civilization
		Synesius was raised to the episcopate by Theophilus, patriarch of Alexandria, in 410 AD Since the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, Cyrenaica had been recognized as an ecclesiastical province of the See of Alexandria, in accordance with the ruling of the Nicaean Fathers.
		It was thus that a new wave of gruesome persecution was inaugurated to obliterate all vestiges of separatism in Egypt.
		Whereas the Catechetical School of Alexandria was the only center of Christian scholarship in the second and third centuries, the Oecumenical Movement was inaugurated in the fourth and fifth to formalize decisions on burning questions of Christology.
	www.mesk.com /stmary/pages/history.html (10699 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Dionysius of Alexandria
		He studied under Origen, and eventually became the head of the catechetical school of Alexandria, Egypt.
		In 250 during the persecution of Decius, Dionysius tried to flee the city, but was caught and imprisoned.
		Exiled during the persecution of Valerian in 257 to the desert of Mareotis; he returned to Alexandria when toleration was decreed by Gallienus in 260.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintd20.htm (97 words)

	Clement of Alexandria: Theosis and the Work of Christ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Clement himself was an instructor in the faith, head of the ‘Catechetical School’ in Alexandria that is the focus of mystery and intrigue to contemporary Church historians, and perhaps it was this role that lent Clement to such an affinity with the image of the pedagogue.
		The philosophical milieu of Alexandria, and the general environment of the Hellenic philosophical ethos, were the context of the world in which Clement lived and breathed.
		In the classical age of Greece, the apprehension of the Word by the various schools of philosophy was the source of such truth as they were able to grasp and comprehend [24].
	www.monachos.net /patristics/clement_intro.shtml (3211 words)

	Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
		The scope of the school of Alexandria was not limited to theological subjects, because science, mathematics and humanities were also taught there: The question and answer method of commentary began there, and 15 centuries before Braille, wood-carving techniques were in use there by blind scholars to read and write.
		Saint Cyril, Pope of Alexandria, was the head of the Ecumenical Council which was held in Ephesus in the year 430 A.D. It was said that the bishops of the Church of Alexandria did nothing but spend all their time in meetings.
		The Pope of Alexandria carries the title "Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark." Both the Pope and the Bishops must be monks; they are all members of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod (Council), which meets regularly to oversee matters of faith and pastorship in the Church.
	www.andrewfanous.com /CopticCorner/CopticChurch.htm (3595 words)

	Biography Clement of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The school which began with Pantaenus in 180 later became the official church catechetical school of Alexandria under Origen.
		The nature of the school in that early period and the writing of Clement reflected the cultural mixture of Alexandria.
		It was a mixture in which an independent school operated by Clement could have pagans, Christians, and Jews seeking an education together.
	www.tlogical.net /bioclementA.htm (513 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Alexandria, VA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The land was patented in 1674, and the house was built in 1743 by Lawrence Washington, George Washington's half brother.
		Alexandria, Va. Chapman is noted for his colored etchings of the Roman compagna and the American landscape.
		Alexandria, La. He is best remembered as the author of the novel God Sends Sunday (1931), the basis of the play St. Louis Woman (1946); and of Black Thunder (1936), a tragic account of the slave insurrection led by Gabriel Prosser
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/00325.html (841 words)

	Clement of Alexandria (c.150 - c.215)
		Little is known about the life of Titus Flavius Clemens.[1] He succeeded the converted stoic philosopher Pantaenus[2] as head of the Christian Catechetical school in Alexandria, founded by the latter in the middle of the second century.
		13, 12 in the Epistemology of Clement of Alexandria," Vigiliae Christianae 30.2 (1976): 109-120.
		A.H.C. Van Eijk, "The Gospel of Philip and Clement of Alexandria," Vigiliae Christianae 25.2 (1971): 94-120.
	www.earlychurch.org.uk /clementalex.php (1307 words)

	Origen of Alexandria (c. 185-254 AD): Life, Works, Thought and Resources - ReligionFacts
		Alexandria was a center of commerce and culture, the birthplace of Neoplatonism and the hometown of the Philo, the great Jewish philosopher.
		The popularity of the Alexandrian school grew to the point that it was necessary to share the burden of teaching.
		This was not exactly a catechetical school, nor a course in theology; it seems it primarily functioned as a missionary school for pagans interested in Christianity.
	www.religionfacts.com /christianity/people/origen.htm (3248 words)

	Alexandria (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		But the epochal importance of Alexandria is found in the teaching which prepared the Hebrew people for the reception of a gospel for the whole world, which was soon to be preached by Hebrews from Hellenized Galilee.
		It was obtained in Alexandria and sent as a present to the king of England (1628) by Cyrellus Lucaris, the Patriarch of Constantinople.
		Arius was a catechist in this institution, and Athanasius, the "father of orthodoxy" and "theological center of the Nicene age" (Schaff), though not officially connected with the catechetical school was greatly affected by it, having been bred and trained in Alexandria.
	www.bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/382 (3055 words)

	The Confessing Reader » Blog Archive » Clement of Alexandria, Presbyter, c 210 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		He was a cultured Greek philosopher who sought truth in many schools until he met Pantaenus, founder of the Christian catechetical school at Alexandria in Egypt.
		Clement succeeded Pantaenus as head of that school in about 190, and was for many years an apologist for the Christian faith to both pagans and Christians.
		Clement lived in the age of gnosticism, a comprehensive term for many theories, schools, or ways of salvation current in the second and third centuries, all emphasizing gnosis or “knowledge.” Salvation for the gnostic was to be had through a secret and rather esoteric knowledge or insight accessible only to a few.
	reader.classicalanglican.net /?p=403 (884 words)

	Church of Alexandria (Coptic) - OrthodoxWiki
		The Coptic Orthodox Church is the portion of the Church of Alexandria which broke from the Byzantine churches in the wake of the Fourth Ecumenical Council in Chalcedon in 451.
		The new school currently has campuses in Alexandria, Cairo, New Jersey, and Los Angeles, where Coptic priests-to-be and other qualified men and women are taught among other subjects Christian theology, history, Coptic language and art—including chanting, music, iconography, and tapestry.
		Cyril VI (Atta) of Alexandria قداسة البابا كيرلس السادس
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Church_of_Alexandria_(Coptic) (2518 words)

	Origen of Alexandria [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Origen of Alexandria is considered one of the greatest of all Christian theologians.
		This Stoic doctrine was to have an immense influence on the development of the so-called esoteric traditions in the Hellenistic era, notably the Hermetic school, Gnosticism, and astrology, with all of which Origen was, in varying degrees, familiar.
		Foremost among these sects was the group of schools loosely labelled 'gnostic.' The Valentinian school (founded by Valentinus, an outstanding teacher and philosopher who was at one point a candidate for bishop of Rome) was the most philosophically accomplished of the Christian Gnostic sects.
	www.iep.utm.edu /o/origen.htm (5005 words)

	Synoptic Gospels Primer - Glossary: Clement of Alexandria
		Titus Flavius Clemens was the intellectual leader of the Christian community in Alexandria (Egypt) for the last two decades of the 2nd c.
		He was succeeded at Alexandria by his brilliant protégé, Origen.
		A brief biographical sketch of Clement and background on the catechetical school of Alexandria (posted by The École Initiative).
	virtualreligion.net /primer/clement.html (661 words)

	The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Sydney & its Affiliated Regions - Resources and Literature - The Theological School ...
		The largest pre-Christian school had been founded by Ptolemy Sokhr in 323BC and during the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus, in 288BC it was developed to include, not only Greek philosophers but scholars of other nationalities such as the 70 Jewish Rabbis who worked on the Septuagint Greek translation of the Old Testament in Alexandria.
		The scholars of the school were the first to lay the rules of exegesis science to explain the Holy Scripture.
		In this context, Dom D Rees states, the most renowned intellectual institution in the early Christian world was undoubtedly the Catechetical school (Didascalecon) of Alexandria and its primary concern was the study of the Bible, giving its name to an influential tradition of Scriptural interpretation.
	coptic.org.au /modules/resources_literature/article.php?articleid=106 (1742 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Catechetical School of Alexandria represents a tradition forming around the late 2nd to early 3rd centuries.
		Alexandria was an important cultural center of the time, influenced by both Christianity and Hellenism.
		The need for schooling was originally to prepare catechumens for baptism, although a school did not exist as such until Bishop Demetrius assigned Origen (c.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/catsch.html (136 words)

	The Development of the Canon of the New Testament - Clement
		Coming to Alexandria about 180 he became a pupil of Pantaenus, his teacher and first reported leader of the catechetical school.
		Captivated by his teacher, whom he was accustomed to call 'the blessed presbyter', Clement became, successively, a presbyter in the church at Alexandria, an assistant to Pantaenus, and, about 190, his successor as head of the catechetical school.
		His position at the school was assumed by his young and gifted student Origen, who became one of the greatest theologians of the Christian Church.
	www.ntcanon.org /Clement.shtml (1479 words)

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