The Stromata: Book IV
On martyrdom, on perfection, and on the courage shown by Christian women as well as men.
Chapter I.—Order of Contents.Chapter II.—The Meaning of the Name Stromata or Miscellanies.Chapter III.—The True Excellence of Man.Chapter IV.—The Praises of Martyrdom.Chapter V.—On Contempt for Pain, Poverty, and Other External Things.Chapter VII.—The Blessedness of the Martyr.Chapter VIII.—Women as Well as Men, Slaves as Well as Freemen, Candidates for the Martyr’s Crown.Chapter IX.—Christ’s Sayings Respecting Martyrdom.Chapter X.—Those Who Offered Themselves for Martyrdom Reproved.Chapter XI.—The Objection, Why Do You Suffer If God Cares for You, Answered.Chapter XII.—Basilides’ Idea of Martyrdom Refuted.Chapter XIII.—Valentinian’s Vagaries About the Abolition of Death Refuted.Chapter XIV.—The Love of All, Even of Our Enemies.Chapter XV.—On Avoiding Offence.Chapter XVI.—Passages of Scripture Respecting the Constancy, Patience, and Love of the Martyrs.Chapter XVII.—Passages from Clement’s Epistle to the Corinthians on Martyrdom.Chapter XVIII.—On Love, and the Repressing of Our Desires.Chap. XIX.—Women as well as Men Capable of Perfection.Chapter XX.—A Good Wife.Chapter XXI.—Description of the Perfect Man, or Gnostic.Chapter XXIII.—The Same Subject Continued.