The Stromata: Book VII
A portrait of the mature Christian: how such a person prays, worships, and lives among others.
Chapter I.—The Gnostic a True Worshipper of God, and Unjustly Calumniated by Unbelievers as an Atheist.Chapter II.—The Son the Ruler and Saviour of All.Chapter III.—The Gnostic Aims at the Nearest Likeness Possible to God and His Son.Chapter IV.—The Heathens Made Gods Like Themselves, Whence Springs All Superstition.Chapter V.—The Holy Soul a More Excellent Temple Than Any Edifice Built by Man.Chapter VI.—Prayers and Praise from a Pure Mind, Ceaselessly Offered, Far Better Than Sacrifices.Chapter VII.—What Sort of Prayer the Gnostic Employs, and How It is Heard by God.Chapter VIII.—The Gnostic So Addicted to Truth as Not to Need to Use an Oath.Chapter IX.—Those Who Teach Others, Ought to Excel in Virtues.Chapter X.—Steps to Perfection.Chapter XI.—Description of the Gnostic’s Life.Chapter XII.—The True Gnostic is Beneficent, Continent, and Despises Worldly Things.Chapter XIII.—Description of the Gnostic Continued.Chapter XIV.—Description of the Gnostic Furnished by an Exposition of 1 Cor. vi. 1, Etc.Chapter XV.—The Objection to Join the Church on Account of the Diversity of Heresies Answered.Chapter XVI.—Scripture the Criterion by Which Truth and Heresy are Distinguished.Chapter XVII.—The Tradition of the Church Prior to that of the Heresies.Chapter XVIII—The Distinction Between Clean and Unclean Animals in the Law Symbolical of the Distinction Between the Church, and Jews, and Heretics.