It is far better to be happy than to have your bodies act as graveyards for animals. Accordingly, the apostle [St.] Matthew partook of seeds, nuts and vegetables, without meat.
Clement of AlexandriaIt is far better to be happy than to have our bodies act as graveyards to animals.
Clement of AlexandriaWhen the two shall be one, the outside as the inside, and the male and the female neither male nor female.
Clement of AlexandriaIf in this life there are so many ways for purification and repentance, how much more should there be after death! The purification of souls, when separated from the body, will be easier. We can set no limits to the agency of the Redeemer; to redeem, to rescue, to discipline, is his work, and so will he continue to operate after this life.
Clement of Alexandria