Above all Christians are not allowed to correct by violence sinful wrongdoings. Clement of Alexandria More Quotes by Clement of Alexandria More Quotes From Clement of Alexandria But it is with a different kind of spell that art deludes you ... it leads you to pay religious honor and worship to images and pictures. Clement of Alexandria honor religious art Now the images and temples constructed by mechanics are made of inert matter, so that they too are inert, material, and profane. Even if you perfect the art, it partakes of mechanical coarseness. Works of art cannot then be sacred and divine. Clement of Alexandria religious perfect art The law itself exhibits justice and teaches wisdom by abstinence from sensible images and by calling out to the Maker and Father of the universe. Clement of Alexandria religious law father For, in truth, an image is only dead matter shaped by the craftsman's hand. But we have no sensible image of sensible matter, but an image that is perceived by the mind alone: God, who alone is truly God. Clement of Alexandria religious mind hands He who prohibited the making of a graven image would never himself have made an image in the likeness of holy things [i.e., by creating an image of them here on earth]. Nor is there at all any composite thing or creature endowed with sensation [made by God here on earth] like those in heaven. But the face is a symbol of the rational soul, the wings are the lofty ministers and energies of powers right and left, and the voice is delightful glory in endless contemplation. Clement of Alexandria voice religious wings He alone can remit sins who is appointed our Master by the Father of all; He only is able to discern obedience from disobedience. Clement of Alexandria able sin father
