Clement of Alexandria by R.B. Tollinton, 2 Vols.

Today’s free book is Richard Bertram Tollinton’s substantial work on the life of Origen’s predecessor at the Catachetical School in Egypt, Clement of Alexandria. This public domain work was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library.

Robert Bertram Tollinton [1866-1932], Clement of Alexandria: A Study in Christian Liberalism, 2 Vols. London: Williams and Norgate, 1914. Hbk. pp.366+339. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents, Volumes 1 & 2

• Preface

1. Clement
2. Alexandria
3. The Close of the Second Century
4. Six Contemporaries
5. In Clement’s Library
6. Literary Work
7. An Appeal to the Educated
8. Manners and Morals
9. Marriage and Home Life
10. A Sermon on Riches
11. The Logos
12. The Incarnation
13. Gnosticism
14. The Higher Life
15. The Church
16. Sacraments and Worship
17. The Holy Scriptures—Canon and Text
18. The Holy Scriptures—Authority and Exegesis
19. The Piety of an Intellectual Man
20. Then and Now
21. Sayings and Extracts

• Appendix I: The Persecution of A.D. 202-3
• Appendix II: On the Order and Date of Clement’s Works
• Index

Main Image: Clement of Alexandria from André Thevet, Les Vrais Pourtraits et Vies Hommes Illustres, 1584. See here for more details.