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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.