If the Lord counts the natural beauty of the body inferior to that of the soul, what thinks He of spurious beauty, rejecting utterly as He does all falsehood?
Clement of AlexandriaThe Lord ate from a common bowl, and asked the disciples to sit on the grass. He washed their feet, with a towel wrapped around His waist - He, who is the Lord of the universe!
Clement of AlexandriaThose who glory in their looks - not in their hearts - dress to please others.
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