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Which writings make up St. Clement of Alexandria’s major trilogy?
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The major trilogy written by St. Clement of Alexandria consists of the following three works:
- Protreptikos ("Exhortation")
- Paidagōgos ("Instructor")
- Strōmateis ("Miscellanies")1
These works were central to his efforts to make Christian beliefs intelligible to those educated in the Greek paideia and to demonstrate the role of philosophy within the Christian faith. It is important to distinguish these writings from "Clementine literature," which refers to a separate, diversified group of apocryphal writings often attributed to St. Clement I, the bishop of Rome.12