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Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Introductory Note to Clement of Alexandria
- Chapter I.--Injustice Shown Towards the Christians.
- Chapter II.--Claim to Be Treated as Others are When Accused.
- Chapter III.--Charges Brought Against the Christians.
- Chapter IV.--The Christians are Not Atheists, But Acknowledge One Only God.
- Chapter V.--Testimony of the Poets to the Unity of God.
- Chapter VI.--Opinions of the Philosophers as to the One God.
- Chapter VII.--Superiority of the Christian Doctrine Respecting God.
- Chapter VIII.--Absurdities of Polytheism.
- Chapter IX.--The Testimony of the Prophets.
- Chapter X.--The Christians Worship the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
- Chapter XI.--The Moral Teaching of the Christians Repels the Charge Brought Against Them.
- Chapter XII.--Consequent Absurdity of the Charge of Atheism.
- Chapter XIII.--Why the Christians Do Not Offer Sacrifices.
- Chapter XIV.--Inconsistency of Those Who Accuse the Christians.
- Chapter XV.--The Christians Distinguish God from Matter.
- Chapter XVI.--The Christians Do Not Worship the Universe.
- Chapter XVII.--The Names of the Gods and Their Images are But of Recent Date.
- Chapter XVIII.--The Gods Themselves Have Been Created, as the Poets Confess.
- Chapter XIX.--The Philosophers Agree with the Poets Respecting the Gods.
- Chapter XX.--Absurd Representations of the Gods.
- Chapter XXI.--Impure Loves Ascribed to the Gods.
- Chapter XXII.--Pretended Symbolical Explanations.
- Chapter XXIII.--Opinions of Thales and Plato.
- Chapter XXIV.--Concerning the Angels and Giants.
- Chapter XXV.--The Poets and Philosophers Have Denied a Divine Providence.
- Chapter XXVI.--The Demons Allure Men to the Worship of Images.
- Chapter XXVII.--Artifices of the Demons.
- Chapter XXVIII.--The Heathen Gods Were Simply Men.
- Chapter XXIX.--Proof of the Same from the Poets.
- Chapter XXX.--Reasons Why Divinity Has Been Ascribed to Men.
- Chapter XXXI.--Confutation of the Other Charges Brought Against the Christians.
- Chapter XXXII.--Elevated Morality of the Christians.
- Chapter XXXIII.--Chastity of the Christians with Respect to Marriage.
- Chapter XXXIV.--The Vast Difference in Morals Between the Christians and Their Accusers.
- Chapter XXXV.--The Christians Condemn and Detest All Cruelty.
- Chapter XXXVI.--Bearing of the Doctrine of the Resurrection on the Practices of the Christians.
- Chapter XXXVII.--Entreaty to Be Fairly Judged.