Just as God's will is creation and is called 'the world' so His intention is the salvation of men, and it is called 'the Church.'
Clement of AlexandriaWhen lies have been accepted for some time, the truth always astounds with an air of novelty.
Clement of AlexandriaBut by no manner of means are women to be allotted to uncover and exhibit any part of their person, lest both fall,-the men by being excited to look, they by drawing on themselves the eyes of the men.
Clement of AlexandriaWe must not cast away riches which can benefit our neighbor. Possessions were made to be possessed; goods are called goods because they do good, and they have been provided by God for the good of men: they are at hand and serve as the material, the instruments for a good use in the hand of him who knows how to use them.
Clement of Alexandria