The Christian Platonists of Alexandria
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S. 23, ir6na jta$' fjp. Fpav fvSiSovs dOavaaias, may perhaps thus be explained. The private io4 Clement. [Lect.
The first was still disfigured by those excesses and disorders, which St. Paul sharply rebuked, but a century of discipline had not eradicated. It was preceded by reading of the Scriptures, psalms and hymns. After this the Bread and Wine were blessed, and then dis- tributed by the deacons x . Viands of every kind, often costly and richly dressed, were provided by the liberality of the... wealthier brethren. Clement does not attempt to lay any puritanical restrictions upon social enjoyment. He enforces the rule prohibiting the taste of blood or of meat offered to idols, he explains the code of good manners, and insists upon moderation. The Christian must eat to live, not live to eat. He must not abuse the Father's gifts. He must show by precept and example that the heavenly banquet is not the meat that perisheth, but love, that the believer's true food is Christ 2 .
All that Clement says upon this subject is of the highest value to those who wish to recast for themselves a faithful image of the Church life of the end of the Agape is the ordinary evening meal also in Cyprian, Ep.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
S. 23, ir6na jta$' fjp. Fpav fvSiSovs dOavaaias, may perhaps thus be explained. The private io4 Clement. [Lect.
The first was still disfigured by those excesses and disorders, which St. Paul sharply rebuked, but a century of discipline had not eradicated. It was preceded by reading of the Scriptures, psalms and hymns. After this the Bread and Wine were blessed, and then dis- tributed by the deacons x . Viands of every kind, often costly and richly dressed, were provided by the liberality of the... wealthier brethren. Clement does not attempt to lay any puritanical restrictions upon social enjoyment. He enforces the rule prohibiting the taste of blood or of meat offered to idols, he explains the code of good manners, and insists upon moderation. The Christian must eat to live, not live to eat. He must not abuse the Father's gifts. He must show by precept and example that the heavenly banquet is not the meat that perisheth, but love, that the believer's true food is Christ 2 .
All that Clement says upon this subject is of the highest value to those who wish to recast for themselves a faithful image of the Church life of the end of the Agape is the ordinary evening meal also in Cyprian, Ep.
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