St. Clement argued that Greek philosophy had been given by God to mankind as a second source of truth, comparable to the Hebrew revelation. For St. Clement, Socrates and Plato were not pagan thinkers; they prefigured Christianity. Contrary to what Tertullian believed, Christianity needed more than just Jerusalem: It needed Athens too.
The alternative being... math and Kant? Or Sharia?
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This is interesting. Actually I have heard it argued persuasively that both Christianity and Islam rest on Greek philosophy and that Judaism is not. This dovetails...
Whassup wif Tertullian? And Whassup with St Clement. Sounds like a heretic.
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