{"id":21527,"date":"2024-12-04T16:28:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T16:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/st-clement-of-alexandria\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T16:28:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T16:28:28","slug":"st-clement-of-alexandria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/st-clement-of-alexandria\/","title":{"rendered":"H. Clemens van Alexandri\u00eb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] St. Clement of Alexandria Feast date: Dec 04 Dec. 4 was once the traditional feast day of an early Christian theological author whose legacy is controversial, but who is cited as a saint in the Catechism of the Catholic Church and has been described as such in several addresses of Pope Benedict XVI. The writer in question is Saint Clement of Alexandria, who led the city&#039;s famous Catechetical School during the late second century. Clement is not always referred\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Clement is not always referred\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-21527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21265,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/st-peter-of-alexandria\/","url_meta":{"origin":21527,"position":0},"title":"St. Peter of Alexandria","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"november 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] St. Peter of Alexandria Feast date: Nov 26 Local commemorations of the fourth-century martyr Saint Peter of Alexandria will take place on Nov. 25 and 26. Although his feast day in the Western tradition (on the latter date) is no longer a part of the Roman Catholic Church\u2019s universal calendar, he remains especially beloved among Catholic and Orthodox Christians of the Egyptian Coptic tradition. Tradition attests that the Egyptian bishop was the last believer to suffer death at the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1732604894_Alexandria_26November.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1732604894_Alexandria_26November.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1732604894_Alexandria_26November.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1732604894_Alexandria_26November.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9514,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/st-rose-of-lima\/","url_meta":{"origin":21527,"position":1},"title":"St. Rose of Lima","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"augustus 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] St. Rose of Lima Feast date: Aug 23 On August 23, the church celebrates the first saint of the New World, St. Rose of Lima. Isabel Flores de Oliva was born in Lima, Peru on April 30, 1586, daughter of Gaspar Flores and Maria de Oliva. She was baptized in the parish of San Sebasti\u00c3\u00a1n in Lima by the priest, Fr. Antonio Polanco. She was confirmed in the village of Quives de Manos by the then Archbishop of Lima,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1724425501_Rose_23August.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1724425501_Rose_23August.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1724425501_Rose_23August.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1724425501_Rose_23August.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8125,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/st-cajetan\/","url_meta":{"origin":21527,"position":2},"title":"St. Cajetan","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"augustus 7, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] St. Cajetan Feast date: Aug 07 Saint Cajetan was\u00c2\u00a0one of the great reformers of the Church during the period of the Reformation, remaining loyal to the Church regardless of the corruptions and excesses that led many others to betray Her.He was born inOctober 1480\u00c2\u00a0 into\u00c2\u00a0a noble family,\u00c2\u00a0and received a rigorous education\u00c2\u00a0guided by his mother, following the death of his father when he was just\u00c2\u00a0two. His studies of canon and civil law led him to work as a jurist in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1723014194_Cajetan_7th.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1723014194_Cajetan_7th.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1723014194_Cajetan_7th.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1723014194_Cajetan_7th.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9487,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/the-congregation-in-honor-of-st-rose-of-lima-where-all-the-sisters-are-named-rose\/","url_meta":{"origin":21527,"position":3},"title":"The congregation in honor of St. Rose of Lima where all the sisters are named Rose","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"augustus 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] A member of the Dominican Sisters\u2019 Congregation of St. Rose of Lima in northern Italy sells prints at the Santa\u2019s Sanctuary of Lima. \/ Credit: Abel Camasca\/ACI ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 23, 2024 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). 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Each member of this congregation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hermanas-rosa-de-santa-rosa-de-lima-290822.jpg.webp?fit=1200%2C678&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hermanas-rosa-de-santa-rosa-de-lima-290822.jpg.webp?fit=1200%2C678&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hermanas-rosa-de-santa-rosa-de-lima-290822.jpg.webp?fit=1200%2C678&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hermanas-rosa-de-santa-rosa-de-lima-290822.jpg.webp?fit=1200%2C678&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hermanas-rosa-de-santa-rosa-de-lima-290822.jpg.webp?fit=1200%2C678&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":71761,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/why-sweden-honors-st-lucy-a-beloved-italian-saint\/","url_meta":{"origin":21527,"position":4},"title":"Why Sweden honors St. Lucy, a beloved Italian saint","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"december 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Children participate in the annual St. Lucy\u2019s Day celebration in Sweden. \/ Credit: Claudia Gr\u00fcnder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2025 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). 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