The Stromata

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Cyril of JerusalemJan HusAugustine of HippoTertullianLady Jane Grey

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John Wycliffe

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Augustine of Hippo

345–430 · Nicene & Post-Nicene

Patristic

Basil the Great

330–379 · Nicene & Post-Nicene

Patristic

John Chrysostom

347–407 · Nicene & Post-Nicene

Patristic

Anselm of Canterbury

1033–1109 · High Medieval

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Stromata№ 248–253

The Stromata (Books I–VII)

Clement of Alexandria

c. 215

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The Stromata (Books I–VII)

Clement of Alexandria · c. 215

The Stromata ("Miscellanies" or "Patchwork") is the most ambitious of Clement of Alexandria's surviving works, composed around 198–203 AD. Its form mirrors its argument: deliberately unsystematic, digressive, and layered, it hides its deepest insights in a meadow of erudition,…

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Stromata№ 221–242

De Ecclesia (The Church)

Jan Hus

d. 1415

22 books

Stromata№ 219

National Apostasy

John Keble

d. 1866

~ 25 min

Providence Tradition Justice Conscience