THE WRITINGS OF JOHN MEURSIUS

"Clement the author of the Stromateis The title Stromateis means "Miscellanies" or "Patchwork," referring to a collection of diverse topics. was known in Alexandria." And Jerome, in his Catalogue of Ecclesiastical Writers, calls him not "the Alexandrian," but a priest of the Alexandrian church. Ado does the same in his Chronicle. Therefore, I believe the error is sufficiently clear. His first and second names were Titus Flavius. Eusebius is a certain witness for me in his Ecclesiastical History, Book VI, Chapter XIII: original: "τῶν δὲ Κλήμεντος στρωματεῖς οἱ πάντες ὀκτὼ παρ’ ἡμῖν σώζονται, οὓς καὶ τοιαύτης ἠξίωσεν ἐπιγραφῆς. Τίτου Φλαβίου Κλήμεντος τῶν κατὰ τὴν ἀληθῆ Φιλοσοφίαν γνωστικῶν ὑπομνημάτων στρωματεῖς." "Of the writings of Clement, all eight books of the Stromateis are preserved among us, which he also deemed worthy of such a title: The Stromateis of Titus Flavius Clement, of the Gnostic Memoirs according to the True Philosophy." Eusebius, Jerome, and Nicephorus review his works in the places cited; yet no one mentions the Commentaries on Amos, which our Palladius praises here. As far as the books of the Stromateis are concerned, he wrote them to Alexander, as the author John of Damascus states in On the Adoration of Images, Book III: original: "τοῦ ἀρχαιοτάτου Κλήμεντος πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον ἐκ τοῦ ἑβδόμου βιβλίου τῶν Στρωματέων." "From the seventh book of the Stromateis of the most ancient Clement, written to Alexander."

To her own husband Pinianus] In the manuscript used by Hervetus Gentian Hervet (1499–1584), a French translator of church fathers., it seems it was written Pipianus. But this is incorrect. The husband of Melania the Younger was Pinianus, which is also well-known from the Letters of Augustine.

Half-garments original: "ἡμιφόρια" (hemiphoria). A technical term for a type of short cloak or veil.] See our Glossary regarding this word.

And her mother Albina] She had married the son of Melania the Elder. Thus our Palladius says above: "And he also instructed Albina, her own daughter-in-law, the wife of her son."