Mozley: A Treatise on the Augustinian Doctrine of
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CHAP. IV. <strong>of</strong> Original Sin. 109<br />
truth, was <strong>the</strong> great fact which influenced Clement <strong>on</strong> this<br />
questi<strong>on</strong>, and whicli elicited his greatest admissi<strong>on</strong>s, both<br />
as to <strong>the</strong> reality and <strong>the</strong> source <strong>of</strong> hea<strong>the</strong>n goodness.<br />
Hea<strong>the</strong>n philosophy, <strong>the</strong>n, was, in his view, a reaching<br />
forward to Divine truth and a reflecti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> it. It <strong>on</strong>ly<br />
taught, indeed, comprehensible and not mysterious truth ;<br />
but <strong>the</strong> <strong>on</strong>e prepared <strong>the</strong> way for <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r. Hea<strong>the</strong>n<br />
philosophy was <strong>the</strong> forerunner <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Grospel, 1<br />
and, as being<br />
so excellent a thing, it could have no o<strong>the</strong>r source than a<br />
Divine <strong>on</strong>e. Philosophy was <strong>the</strong> great gift <strong>of</strong> God to <strong>the</strong><br />
gentile world ; and <strong>the</strong> less perfect law and <strong>the</strong> more perfect<br />
law came both from <strong>the</strong> same Fountain Head. 2 And though<br />
some called its truths stolen <strong>on</strong>es, or attributed <strong>the</strong>m to<br />
<strong>the</strong> devil, or to nature as <strong>the</strong>ir teacher ; still philosophy, if<br />
it had stolen its truths, had <strong>the</strong>m ; <strong>the</strong> devil, if he taught<br />
1<br />
Ope-yerai T<br />
ouSeVco 8e rvyxdvfi. Strom. 1. 6. C.<br />
7. The true Gnostic or Christian<br />
al<strong>on</strong>e attained this knowledge: O<br />
Se (Kftvos, TCI So/coGt/ra<br />
eli/ai TO?S $AArus, avrbs<br />
KaTaAa/j.dv(i Tncrreuo as STI ouSer/<br />
aKaTaATjTTTpr/ T&lt;<br />
vtV<br />
ToG 0eoG. L. 6.<br />
c. 8. But <strong>the</strong> hea<strong>the</strong>n philosophy<br />
supplied <strong>the</strong> elements <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Divine :<br />
Aib Kal (rroix tc &gt;TaT<br />
*/ T ^ s effriv T\<br />
i\o&lt;ro&lt;&gt;ia TT)S reAe/as<br />
TTfpl TO VOTJTO, KO.I 6Ti TOUTO)!/ TO<br />
Trvtvp.ariK(aTfpa avaff rpfty<strong>of</strong>j.tvTis.<br />
8. npo/caTarTKeuaet rV 68bv<br />
c.<br />
rfj<br />
PaffiXiKurdrr) 8i$a&lt;TKa\ta. L. 1. c.<br />
16* AA\a ffv\Xa/j,dverai ye T(JU<br />
ffftrovSaK^r. avQa-<br />
\oyiit&gt;s eTrixetpeTv<br />
iTT6ff0ot yvdffews. c. 20. Kairoi eV<br />
iro\Ao?s TO ^oi/cdra eTrt^f ^pet Kal iriQa-<br />
i/ctJerai QiX<strong>of</strong>fotyla aAXd ray atpe-<br />
&lt;rejs ^Trt^air^et. c. 19. Kal /car<br />
$lJL&lt;l&gt;a&lt;Tiv Se<br />
Kal Sidtyaffiv ol aKpicas<br />
irapa "E\Arj&lt;rt &lt;f&gt;jAo(ro&lt;p7j(ra&gt; Tes Sto-<br />
pSxri rbv. e6v. c. 19. IlaGAos eV<br />
TOIS e7rt(TToAo?? ov &lt;pL\o(ro&lt;t&gt;iav Staov<br />
It6ff/j.ov<br />
Ttva <strong>of</strong>iffav, Kal irp<strong>of</strong>firaififiav rr/s<br />
oATjflefas. Strom. 1. 6. c. 8,<br />
Strom. 1. 1. c. 2. Aywybv Se rb<br />
epaarbi irpbs T^V eauroG Sewpiav, irav-<br />
Tbs rov o\ov eavrdv ry TT)? yv&lt;i&gt;&lt;ras<br />
aydirri eVtfie&ATjKoros rrj dfcapia. Aib<br />
Kal TOS fVToXas as eSco/fev, ray TC<br />
irpoTfpas rds re Seurepas e /c<br />
fj.ias<br />
apvT r6^vos irriyiris 6 L. 7. c. 2.<br />
Kvpios, K. T. A.<br />
"EffTi yap rcf ovri ^)iAo&lt;ro&lt;/)ia /j.eyi-<br />
ffrov Krri/j.a, Kal rip-Ltararov ecU.<br />
Justin Martyr, Dial. c. 2. Though<br />
in <strong>the</strong> Cohortatio ad Gr&cos, he dis<br />
parages Pagan philosophy, while he<br />
acknowledges its possessi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> some<br />
truths, such as <strong>the</strong> unity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Deity as taught by Plato ; which, as<br />
well as his doctrine <strong>of</strong> ideas, how<br />
ever, he c<strong>on</strong>siders him to have got<br />
from <strong>the</strong> Scriptures which he saw in<br />
Egypt <strong>the</strong> latter from <strong>the</strong> menti<strong>on</strong><br />
;<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pattern shown to Moses <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
mount. Ad Grsec. c. 21. et<br />
seq.<br />
Ea quidem quse ad sapientes se-<br />
culi deveritatis scientia pervenerunt,<br />
Deorevelantepervenerunt; seddum<br />
aut vanse gloriae student, aut adulantur<br />
erroribus vetustis, aut metu<br />
principum refrenantur, damnati<strong>on</strong>is<br />
suse ipsi judices fiunt. Origen, in<br />
Kom. i. 18., vol. 4. p. 471.